What alloy should I use to cast for a 43 Mauser and a Swiss Vetterli? Thanks.
What alloy should I use to cast for a 43 Mauser and a Swiss Vetterli? Thanks.
If you are shooting black powder, a good starting alloy would be 20:1, lead to tin. If smokeless, a 50:50 WW to lead would probably work just fine. Both of the rifles you cite are on my gun bucket list and I wish you the best of luck in loading and shooting!
Remington used 20:1, Sharps used 16:1 lead to tin. I don't know what the Europeans were using. Remington/UMC loaded a lot of ammo for them, though.
Wayne the Shrink
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I have loaded for the 43 mouser and have used mostly air cooled WW for it with good results using aa 5744. I have also loaded black powder with similar results in my mauser using the same bullets or ones made out of range scrap that I cleaned up. I was able to get the old beast to print groups in the 2 to 4 inch range at 100 yards regularly with the open issue sights. That is about what I can do with any rifle no mater the load with my eyes being what they are with open sights.
I find the harder the better in my Vetterlis, I use 1/2WWs and1/2 Lino., Shoots best with hot barrel. Joe
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 |