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[Bill*B]

Well - these have worked for me. Any good cast bullet of 160 - 180 grains, gas checked, over 19 grains of H 4198, for about 1600 fps in my short trapper barrel; or 16.5 grains of IMR 4227 for 1450 fps. (Ditto for 11 grains of Alliant Steel).

[Tom W.]

I didn't take a picture, but yesterday at the SO range I shot twelve shots into a small hole @25 yards from an improvised rest with a load of 5 gr. Bullseye, a LR magnum primer, a Lee 160 gr.gc bullet sized to .309 and lubed with two different coats of plain JPW. I think I'm going to make some more and try them at 50 yards next time. My mold is the first one I bought for a smokeless powder rifle, an old single cavity Lee. It's no longer available in single cavity, but I did see it on the website as a DC.

[Wayne Smith]

Yes that sure seems to be the load! And brass life is infinitely long and a pound of powder sure goes a long way; and I use it it primarily for plinking and having kids like my 7 year old niece get shooting a full
Size deer rifle with no recoil and noise but at the woods and swamp ranges common here in Northern MI I think a well placed shot would still put venison on the table even on our large corn fed deer.

Yes, it probably would. How likely is to see black bear there, though?