longbow
10-15-2006, 06:21 PM
I was just out shooting some cast loads in a Lee Enfield .303 that has been a little bit of a challenge so far.
I've tried a number of different diameters and styles of boolits and was narrowing in a load that was working reasonably well until today.
This load is:
228 gr. boolit cast in a homemade mould - 0.307" nose and 0.314" body (grooveless)
Alox lube wad under the boolit
Cornmeal filler
10.4 gr. Unique (I've used up to 13.5 gr. with the same boolit)
Somewhat unconventional but it shoots and doesn't lead. The mould was made to suit the gun as I was having trouble with several other designs.
Anyway, today I added lube to the outside of the boolit (just a thin coat) and the groups went bad.
I scraped of most of the lube from the outside of the remaining boolits and shot another group - back to good grouping!
I once read that the shutzen shooters get concerned with too much lube as the boolits "float" and it affects accuracy. Seems the goal is to have just enough lube so as not to lead but no extra - to kinda maintain traction.
The short story is that I am trying to find a boolit the gun likes so am using a light load. Once the boolit size/style is sorted out I will try other loads.
This lube thing just got me confused a little.
Anyone familair with this or have similar experiences? This is the first time I have run into what seemed like too much lube.
Thanks,
Longbow
I've tried a number of different diameters and styles of boolits and was narrowing in a load that was working reasonably well until today.
This load is:
228 gr. boolit cast in a homemade mould - 0.307" nose and 0.314" body (grooveless)
Alox lube wad under the boolit
Cornmeal filler
10.4 gr. Unique (I've used up to 13.5 gr. with the same boolit)
Somewhat unconventional but it shoots and doesn't lead. The mould was made to suit the gun as I was having trouble with several other designs.
Anyway, today I added lube to the outside of the boolit (just a thin coat) and the groups went bad.
I scraped of most of the lube from the outside of the remaining boolits and shot another group - back to good grouping!
I once read that the shutzen shooters get concerned with too much lube as the boolits "float" and it affects accuracy. Seems the goal is to have just enough lube so as not to lead but no extra - to kinda maintain traction.
The short story is that I am trying to find a boolit the gun likes so am using a light load. Once the boolit size/style is sorted out I will try other loads.
This lube thing just got me confused a little.
Anyone familair with this or have similar experiences? This is the first time I have run into what seemed like too much lube.
Thanks,
Longbow