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JDL
11-28-2006, 02:24 PM
My best friend, Larry, called on his way back from his Texas lease to tell me that again, he took a doe with one of my cast loads I had loaded for him. Last year, I used some boolits (311041) that friend Bob gave me, which he said was range scrap and, even though was only 15 BHN, it shattered, producing a very nasty wound. Larry said, "It looked like a hand grenade went off!" Oh, it put the deer on her nose but, I told Larry I would make some better for hunting.
I used air-cooled WWs out of my Lyman 31141, Gator checks, FWFL for lube and 18 grains of IMR-4227 in R-P .30-30 cases. Larry said he shot at about 80 yards and the doe dropped right there! The heart was in small pieces and the exit hole was around quarter size after breaking the shoulder. I haven't chronoed them but, I suspect 1700-1750 fps. I'm pleased! :-) -JDL