I got this piece at a pawn shop cheap. Is in new condition. My research tells me it was made in 2003. It seems to be a very fine quality gun.
Now regarding loads. I read that skirmishers use in the area of 40 - 50 grains of
3F for target loads with the 575213 hollow base boolit. I have this mould, probably the old, as opposed to the newer one. [ had it for twenty years or more]
If I want to use a bit more powder for hunting is it a good idea to make a smaller nose pin for the mould to make a thicker skirt on the base? How much thicker?
I dont want to alter the original pin, just make a new one.
The skirt is now about a sixteenth thick, would an eighth of an inch sound about right? How about a shallower or deeper hollow in the base? Thinking of 60 - 80 grains 3F.
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