Just wondering if anyone on the Board has cast bullet experience with this one
TIA,
Tom
Just wondering if anyone on the Board has cast bullet experience with this one
TIA,
Tom
If somebody were down on the corner handing out $20 bills, someone else would be complaining that it wasn't two $10s.
I had a Stevens 22 Lovell, not a Max. The one I had cases are made from 25/20 Win single shot brass. When I bought rifle got mould and dies. I shot cast, I still have the mold but forget what the
weight of bullet was. I had poor luck with cast but I didn't have it long enough to wring it out. Sold
rifle and kept dies, brass and bullet mold in case another comes along.
Thanks.
I have a nice single-shot rifle made up on a small Martini action and fitted with a 10X Unertl scope. Came with reloading dies and a bunch of brass -- also some jacketed loads which shoot great. I have acquired three different lots of cast bullets, all from Lyman moulds [225438 (43 g), 225415 (48 g) & 225462 (55 g)]. I have scraped a few load recommendations together from some old loading manuals, but I would like to get in touch with someone who has actual experience with cast bullets in his caliber - mainly for 100-yd paper punching.
If somebody were down on the corner handing out $20 bills, someone else would be complaining that it wasn't two $10s.
The rifle I had came with several boxes of Sisk 32gr bullets. Rifle had a Fekker 6x scope and at 100'
would do one hole. Still have brass but have formed it back into 25/20 SS for a Hopins & Allen falling
block, which is long gone too. I have tried the 32g Sisk in Hornets, Bees and other small 22cal guns
and they don't shoot worth a hoot in any of them.
Lovell Max rifles are very rare. Aren't you the guy who had a Springfield, too? I have only 2R Lovell, one is on a Ballard (!) action. Only one I've tried cast in. Partly because I've never been good at casting those tiny bullets. If I emember right, I tried a 50 grain Lee Bator bullet cast of Linotype with 2.5 and 2.6 grains of Red Dot. Both were undistinguished loads at 50 yards. 2-3 MOA as I recall. Never pursued it beyond those 40 rounds. The rifle is purely a collector gun, and that only because it was built by a famous Philadelphia gunsmith. (So famous that I can't remember his name just now!)
Last edited by uscra112; 10-16-2018 at 01:37 PM.
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