Let's play a game of "guess that boolit"

[NoZombies]

Rules are simple, post a photo of a bullet that clearly defines it's shape, use more than one photo if you must. Then we all try to guess what the boolit in the photo is.

Custom made, really old, etc, are all okay, this isn't a contest, it's a game.

Here's my go:

http://nozombies.com/cast/b-1.jpg


http://nozombies.com/cast/b-2.jpg

I'll be back to give you the answer in a few days. in the mean time, make your guesses, and post your photos, and let's have some fun with it!

[MikeS]

If I had to guess, not knowing the diameter of the boolit, I would say it's a Lyman 452389 185gr. Am I close?

[stubshaft]

Looks like one to me.

[Blammer]

custom made .625 dia shotgun full bore slug. :)

I'm dreaming. :)

[Blammer]

22 cal button nose

[swheeler]

450225-170 gr maybe

[Three-Fifty-Seven]

First glance I thought 12 gauge slug?

But . . . could it be . . .

H&G #79?

Lyman 452389?

[NoZombies]

I will say that one guess is right. I'll tell you which one tomorrow.

In the mean-time, anyone have any other photos?

[tonyjones]

Could it be a gallery bullet for a black powder cartridge such as a .38-55 or .45-70?

Tony

[turbo1889]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5094831259_5c105b3ecd.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/5066225503_fe8f2754bf.jpg

[NoZombies]

Hey Turbo, my guess is: a custom mold made by accuratemolds.com

Am I close? How does it shoot?

[geargnasher]

Accurate Mold 36-210C, lubed with Felix lube.

Gear

[Bullwolf]

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/picture.php?albumid=539&pictureid=3981

[NoZombies]

Lyman 20ga slug?

[NoZombies]

And believe it or not, this is the answer!


22 cal button nose

They weigh 23 grains in my alloy, meaning about 6,000 from a 20# pot. I haven't cast anywhere near that many of these things, and they require a magnifying glass to sort.

This is the third smallest boolit I cast.

http://nozombies.com/cast/b-3.jpg

Who's next?

[44man]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5094831259_5c105b3ecd.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/5066225503_fe8f2754bf.jpg
That's a coiled snake, ready to strike both directions! :drinks:

[Blammer]

wow! I was right! I'm shocked!

the THIRD smallest? What is THE smallest one? I want to see a pic of that.

[NoZombies]

wow! I was right! I'm shocked!

the THIRD smallest? What is THE smallest one? I want to see a pic of that.

The smallest is a single cavity .185" round ball. It weighs about 9 grains. The second smallest is a .20 hollow base spitzer that weighs 15 grains (for 20 caliber air rifles). I'm running late for something, so I'll post pictures later.

[white eagle]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/kempobb/slug.jpg

[frkelly74]

33479

[NoZombies]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/kempobb/slug.jpg

Got me, but they sure look good. Not sure about that target in the background though...

[XWrench3]

NoZombies, i am particularly interested in seeing the 20 caliber air rifle boolit. i have a sheridan blue streak i would love to cast my own for!

[Blammer]

white eagle,

20ga custom slug for 20ga rifled brl.

[ColColt]

The one on the left-not many around like this anymore.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x220/ColColt/Misc%20Stuff/_DEF3948.jpg

[badbob454]

287221 lyman ?

[Bullwolf]

Lyman 20ga slug?

You were close, but the gauge was incorrect.

It is a Lyman 12ga cast shotgun slug (681 Diameter) 525 Grain.

http://media.midwayusa.com/productimages/medium/778/778041.jpg

It is cast from a Lyman 1-Cavity Shotshell Sabot Slug Bullet Mold.

It shoots decently from a Winchester wad, even if it does look like a giant air gun pellet.

Since I did not really have anything else in the picture for perspective, I will say kudos to you sir for your answer.


- Bullwolf

[NoZombies]

NoZombies, i am particularly interested in seeing the 20 caliber air rifle boolit. i have a sheridan blue streak i would love to cast my own for!

Go to this thread, (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?p=1309787) and see the .20 "pellet" that I cast. I use it in a blue streak as well. Also see there the ball that I cast that's even smaller than that!

[NoZombies]

You were close, but the gauge was incorrect.
It is a Lyman 12ga cast shotgun slug (681 Diameter) 525 Grain.


Man, that was my first guess, but thought it looked too "long" to be 12 GA... :oops:

I've been looking for one of those molds in 20 ga too, maybe it was just my wishful thinking :)

[BCall]

The one on the left-not many around like this anymore.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x220/ColColt/Misc%20Stuff/_DEF3948.jpg

The one on the left a 357 from a Modern Bond mold? I have one quite similar.

[turbo1889]

Hey Turbo, my guess is: a custom mold made by accuratemolds.com

Am I close? How does it shoot?


Accurate Mold 36-210C, lubed with Felix lube.

Gear

Yes, it’s the AM #36-210, but that’s not Felix lube that’s a mixture of a bunch of different lubes I had a little bit of thrown together in an empty JPW can that I dumped all together from whenever I have change lubes in my sizer and pump enough lube through it to get the previous lube out of it and switch to the new lube. Melted altogether and threw in a couple tablespoons of JPW. Turned out to be just about the best lube I’ve used the problem is I don’t know the exact concentrations and its made from scraps of everything from the old NRA 50/50 to Speed Green to BAC to Canberra Red to some of my homemade lubes including some BP lubes that have no petroleum based ingredients in them and are made from food base products. If I knew exactly what all was in it and the concentration levels I’d make up a whole bunch of it.

Shoots just as accurately as any other full wad cutter boolit load I've tried out of most of my guns although I do have a 38-spl derringer that didn't stabilize it and it keyholed out of it and that gun does fine with shorter more conventional full wad cutter boolits. On the other hand my 357-max carbine rifle shoots it tighter then regular shorter lighter full wad cutter boolits.


That's a coiled snake, ready to strike both directions! :drinks:

Yah, packs a wallop in both directions. Especially from a light weight 38-spl pocket revolver. Tested some of my best loads for the 38-spl. case size (Blue Dot powder) in one of those little guns just yesterday. Punched through six 2-liter pop bottles filled with water lined up in the row and then buried themselves a couple inches deep in the hard clay dirt behind but also twisted that little gun in my hand real good in the process. Don’t feel under gunned in the least with those loads even though it’s only a 38-spl. pocket revolver but follow up shots aren’t quick and easy by any means. Packs a heck of a wallop in my bigger 357-mag guns and I want to try the load I’ve worked up for them in my 357-max carbine rifle on something big to see how they do. I’m thinking a black bear hunt this fall but that is still all up in the air. It is just down right amazing what a big flat nosed hard cast boolit with a very high sectional density can do. I've been calling it my "sledgehammer boolit". :-D

[frkelly74]

287221 lyman ?

I knew it was too easy.

[Floydster]

This one should be easy for all you old timers like me:)

[res45]

Bullet I pulled out of the mold when I bought it.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j1/rhsikes/res45/Picture033.jpg

After I cleaned up the mold and cast a few.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j1/rhsikes/res45/357443b.jpg

[turbo1889]

Floydster, if I'm not mistaken that's an old Ideal boolit design. If I remember correctly they made that design for 270, 30, & 8mm caliber sizes and possibly a few others. Which size is yours?

[BCall]

Floydster - 311413


res45 - 357443

[Floydster]

Yup, 311413 .30 cal, I still us this in my 30-06 for a squirrel load with a gas check:)
You guys are great!!! I also us this bullet in my 7.65.
Floydster

[woody1]

res45 - looks to be an Ideal 357443, I've one in 4 cavity. Regards, Woody

[Bullwolf]

Yup, 311413 .30 cal, I still us this in my 30-06 for a squirrel load with a gas check:)
You guys are great!!! I also us this bullet in my 7.65.
Floydster


Looks like I was too slow answering today.

I have an old Ideal 311413 too, and I just love that mold.

I rescued it from a friend who had it just laying around all rusted up, at the bottom of a pile of tools in the shed, many years ago.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/picture.php?albumid=539&pictureid=3882

It may not be pretty on the outside, but it casts a real sweetheart of a boolit.

The mold is definitely a keeper.


- Bullwolf