Hi All,
Anyone play this game strictly with cast out to the 500 meter rams? Where I live we shoot a short course with appropriately sized targets out to 320 yards. I have shot my way into AAA for both standard and hunter rifle with cast in a 7mm-08. Whenever I attend a full length match, I have been shooting jacketed in the 7-08. I want to put an end to my reliance on jacketed and the unreliable availability of jacketed bullets.
I have a CIL 950 (Savage long action) 30-06, a Lyman 314299 that drops bullets under sized and 400 Win cases. The CIL trigger is tuned to a nice crisp 2#s. The barrel is 22" with a 10 twist barrel. Any suggestions?
I have shot a few CLA matches with a 30-30 pre 64. The load I use on the rams is 1500fps with a 311291 175gr boolit. Have not rang a ram yet. Based upon this, and looking at ballistic tables, I need to get the 314299 up to 1800fps minimum and preferably 1900fps for the rams. It should still be trans sonic and have the same energy as the 311291 load. Paper patching is an option, but I don't want to do that unless straight cast does not work.
I am open to any and all suggestions. Real life experience would be a plus.
Cheers Mike