Coote
11-14-2011, 05:05 AM
I'm fairly new to shooting home-cast lead.
I want to load cast boolits for hunting, and I am interested in quieter loads (slower speeds). I tend to agree with folks who say that a flat nosed boolit is better for hunting than a more pointed projectile.
I've seen references here to the Lee 'soup can' .... and I am assuming that this is the boolit you'd get from a Lee 309-113F mould. It seems that this could be a good boolit for hunting smaller game.
However it seems to be very short, and I understand that having a big jump to the rifling isn't a good thing for a lead boolit.
So before I order a mould, I want to know if you folks think that this projectile is likely to suit a .308
Can this projectile be seated in the case securely AND be protruding enough to kiss the rifling? In general, if a lead projectile has a big jump to the rifling will it significantly affect accuracy or cause any problem?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.... Stephen Coote, New Zealand.
I want to load cast boolits for hunting, and I am interested in quieter loads (slower speeds). I tend to agree with folks who say that a flat nosed boolit is better for hunting than a more pointed projectile.
I've seen references here to the Lee 'soup can' .... and I am assuming that this is the boolit you'd get from a Lee 309-113F mould. It seems that this could be a good boolit for hunting smaller game.
However it seems to be very short, and I understand that having a big jump to the rifling isn't a good thing for a lead boolit.
So before I order a mould, I want to know if you folks think that this projectile is likely to suit a .308
Can this projectile be seated in the case securely AND be protruding enough to kiss the rifling? In general, if a lead projectile has a big jump to the rifling will it significantly affect accuracy or cause any problem?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.... Stephen Coote, New Zealand.