Well let me say this site has the most impressive array of information I have ever been able to find on casting period!!! I started casting about 3 years ago and now I think I have about 20 different molds and just not as much lead as one would like. No mater I use pretty much all my cast on hunting and this problem child is not any different. I have a 356 BB that sends 220 flat points into 1.25" groups at 100, switch to cast well I get more pattern like groups then actual groups. Yesterday I made up some 50/50 with 2% tin sized at 359 and these are the 200g fp from NOE with gas check, sized and lubed they weigh 212g in the fp version without the hollow point pins. I've used IMR and H 4198, H335, H332, 4320, 2015, 4895 and I think I'm missing a couple of others. I'm trying to keep them in the low 2000fps mark around 21-2200 mark because that is what I have read in the many many pages listed here. All my groups at 50 yards are showing 3+ inches at not 100 but 50 yrds. My one question is since this is about my favorite mold because of how pretty the bullets look once cast am I driving them to fast for accurate groups? I have a elk hunt coming up in a couple weeks and would love to use this gun on an elk but I'm simply afraid my groups are not going to be good enough if I have to take a shot at 100 yrds plus. Plus if I have to drop my velocity below 2000fps I'm afraid I won't have enough speed to take on these big animals.
Please let me know if I'm all wet trying this rifle out on elk with a cast bullet?