Some very interesting calibers I didnt expect.
Some very interesting calibers I didnt expect.
I thought it was my SR Mauser 30-30, but my Tikka 8x57mm is getting interesting. 44-40 and 38-55 are a blast, too but with one boolit apiece.
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All of them! I don't have any that don't shoot cast! (except my .22RFs)
No filler, just the Red Dot/Promo and a large rifle primer. I just plink with it. Haven't tried a hundred yards yet but 25-50 yards is dime to quarter sized groups. I tried three different boolits including 2 ancient Lymans but it liked the Lee the best. And people basically give the brass away.
All mine except my AR10, haven’t done enough reading to start on that one yet.
Slim
JUST GOTTA LOVE THIS JOINT.
Favorite gun for cast boolits is my Marlin .45-70. 500grn boolits from Lee mold. No favorite powder or load. I’m always trying new things with it. That’s part of the fun. Soon I’ll be trying paper patched black powder in it. I can’t wait!
I don't have nearly as much experience with cast boolits as a lot of you do, about 7 cartridges. Been reloading and shooting much longer, but casting not quite 3 years.
My favorite cast boolit gun happens to be my favorite handgun to shoot, period. I know, a bit unconventional: My Glock 20 gen 3. It is a gun that I just like to shoot. From mild to wild. I have several favorite loads. One that stands out is a stout load of Accurate no. 9 under a powder coated LBT 200 gr WFN bullet.
32 Winchester Special. The 1:16 twist is just the thing for a cast bullet.
Hick: Iron sights!
All of my handguns, and my two 30 caliber rifles, at least until the brass gets fire formed. Still tinkering with full loads in my 30/30 A.I.
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
I could not pick just one. Some days its my S&W M-29 with a H&G 503 and either 8.0 grains of Unique or 20 grains of 2400. Other days it may be any one of my 45's with a H&G 68 over the classic Bullseye load. Or any one of my 357's with either a 150 or a 170 grain Keith SWC. Or my Ruger #1 in 45-70.
9mm Glock mag carbine with 135gr. RNFP-GC over 4.8gr. BA-7.5. With a nice coat of Hi-Tec.
This one for now. My 22 hornet is still a work in progress, along with the 243. All of the big bores it seems have the propensity to be less problematic.
Marlin XLR 45-70 Government. Handles both the RCBS 400gr and Lyman 405gr. and hunting is its game.
But, thus one is just a lover of cast too.
Smith &Wesson model 29 Classic. Full length lug, adjustable sights, smoothest trigger I've ever squeezed. Likes RCBS, Lyman and Ideal 200+ grain cast best. Hunting also its game.
It is so hard to pick just one. As sharps4590 said, it is so true.
MOA
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For years an original Winchester high wall in 32-40 loaded with original Winchester brass, 13.6 gr of the now discontinued IMR 4759 and the 200 gr iteration of the Ideal mould #31952. I don’t get out as often with any of my rifles these days.
I do get to shoot my revolvers a bit these days, and either of my S&Ws in any iteration of 32 caliber tend to find favor. When I have time to cast either Ideal or NOE bullets of SWC design they get loaded over 1.7-2.5 or so of Bullseye.
Froggie
"It aint easy being green!"
All of them because I don't shoot jacketed.
My current favorite is my Uberti Winchester 1873 Clone in 357 Magnum.
My Ruger #3 in 30-40 Krag.
Verrrry light loads using the 311041 and 4759. Very accurate, very mild recoil, no leading, and a cool action that reminds me of an artillery gun!
I shoot so that I can handload.
Bion, my "favorite cast bullet gun" is a Uberti Yellowboy Model 1886 Classic, in .44-40, I kind of chanced into. The original owner had it in his safe, and managed to make a deep scratch in the brass receiver on both sides. He traded it to a dealer I've dealt with in past, who offered it to me at what he had in it. Coming with papers and box, I got quite a deal -- 'ceptin, of course, those deep scratches -- reason dealer was "stuck" with it, and my low buying price. A. Uberti, Brescia, Italy Model 1866 Yellowboy Carbine, imported by Stoeger, Accokeek, Md., 44-40 WCF lever action, 10 rnd., 19” barrel, s/n 96xxx, having been manufactured on 17 July 2003.
Not suitable for me to carry too far while hunting as it weighs in at just about ten pounds. BUT -- perhaps from this weight, compounded with the slickest lever action action -- it affords me the most accurate cast bullet shooting firearm in my wee collection.
If a gun doesn't shoot cast bullets well it doesn't get out of the safe very often. My most favorite 44 Magnum is a toss up between my Dan Wesson 44H, 6" bbl w/favorite load of 240 LSWC over a upper charge of WC820 or my Puma with a 265 gr RD RNFP over a med load of 2400/Blue Dot. But basically it's the "gun of the day"; lately I've been casting and reloading a lot of 45 ACP, but last month it was 45 Colt...
My Anchor is holding fast!
I'm really a Milsurp. guy at heart and love my 71/84 Mauser so it would be a toss-up between it and a Gew. 88 commission rifle. Close second would 1886 Kropatschek or !888 Mannlicher straight-pull (the wedge lock).
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 |