GBCAPT
03-09-2011, 12:42 PM
I am new to bullet casting - just figuring out how to start - have shot a few cast bullets that were gifted to me. I am experienced reloading jacketed bullets for 30 years with 25-06, 280 Improved, 30-06, 22 Hornet and 357 Mag.
To start I have ordered a copy of the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook 4th edition.
But, before I can accumulate the equipment to cast my own, I think I would like to buy some commercial boolits for a new CZ-527 7.62 x 39 carbine I just bought.
My intended use for this rifle is short range coyote hunting with calls in wooded terrain and as a walkabout rifle for deer in the same wood lots during the fall.
My thought that two different bullets will be needed for the two different species - a low mass, slow bullet for the dogs and a full throttle freight train projectile for deer.
I see a number of 100 - 140 gr commercial bullets for 32-20 loading that have appeal as dog rounds, if they shoot well enough.
The barrel cast of my rifle mikes .313 groove diameter, has 4 lands/4 grooves and CZ advertises that it has a 1 in 9 twist, which I have not verified.
So, too the point, does anyone have experience with a similar rifle that would confirm that I might expect reasonable results with a .313 cast bullet weighing about 115 grains loaded to very moderate velocity out of this ? Or any other suggestions for a starting point.
Thanks in Advance!
To start I have ordered a copy of the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook 4th edition.
But, before I can accumulate the equipment to cast my own, I think I would like to buy some commercial boolits for a new CZ-527 7.62 x 39 carbine I just bought.
My intended use for this rifle is short range coyote hunting with calls in wooded terrain and as a walkabout rifle for deer in the same wood lots during the fall.
My thought that two different bullets will be needed for the two different species - a low mass, slow bullet for the dogs and a full throttle freight train projectile for deer.
I see a number of 100 - 140 gr commercial bullets for 32-20 loading that have appeal as dog rounds, if they shoot well enough.
The barrel cast of my rifle mikes .313 groove diameter, has 4 lands/4 grooves and CZ advertises that it has a 1 in 9 twist, which I have not verified.
So, too the point, does anyone have experience with a similar rifle that would confirm that I might expect reasonable results with a .313 cast bullet weighing about 115 grains loaded to very moderate velocity out of this ? Or any other suggestions for a starting point.
Thanks in Advance!