Lyman 319247 in 30/30???

[shooting on a shoestring]

I was looking at Mid South's site and was thinking about ordering a 319247 for my 30/30's, and maybe 30/40. Although the 319247 is listed as a 32/40 boolit, it claims to be .311 which sounds good for my wide barreled rifles.

Has anyone cast this boolit? Does it really get close to .311 instead of .319?

[TCFAN]

Well the way Lyman is making molds it might drop at .311 but it should be about .322......Terry

[old turtle]

TCFAB is correct. The 319 boolits are for a 32 (.321) and I think this comes from when most soft lead target boolits were undersized as the quick burning black powder would bump them up. All the Old Lyman molds I have which are 319 throw about .321.

[shooting on a shoestring]

Thanks Gents. I'll bet the .311 is a typo on MidSouth's site. It got my hopes up. Probably time to do some chamber casts and do a custom mould (or two).