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).
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).
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.
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |