Bullet mold recommendation for 100 year old Martini action German Rifle

[Doug13]

I have a 100 year old German Martini action rifle with 1:22" twist and .447 grove and .435 bore (six lands). Any ideas where to get a bullet mold and about what grain weight would be best to start with?
Thanks,
Doug13

[pworley1]

The lyman 446187 or 446110 might be a goo place to start.

[Doug13]

The lyman 446187 or 446110 might be a goo place to start.

Thanks for replying..
Doug13

[adrians]

this is what I had Tom at Accurate make for my 71/84.

[Wayne Smith]

I have a break action Cape Gun a little older made in Stetzin, Germany. I made a chamber cast and sized the bore and designed a boolit on Mountain Molds - that was before all the custom makers started. Mine is 10.5x47R - at that point in time they were all unique. Dave Davidson made me a set of dies from my chamber cast and told me that my 10.5x47R was different from the other 26 that he had! Do a chamber cast if you do not know the cartridge - and if you do it may not be standard. Once you know your dimensions you have a starting point to make some decisions.

Weight of boolit is really more dependent on the size of the cartridge than the bore. I'm pushing a 267gr boolit at 1400fps (+/-) with a case full of 777.

[grouch]

Maybe see what Veral Smith at LBT has to say. According to Greenhill,your max length should be +/-1.3". LBT molds are cut to fit your rifle(and throat if you provide the information, and certainly occupied their share of the winners' circle at the CBA nationals last year. Paul Jones molds used to be the choice of the single shot plain base bullet crowd, but I think they're out of business.
Grouch

[Wayne Smith]

Yes, Paul Jones is out of business.