flyingstick
03-21-2007, 05:59 PM
Well folks after a thousand rounds or so I finally got this gun to shoot cast, buuut it was'nt easy by a long shot. I first took my new microgroove barreled 30-30 marlin 336 and shot some j-bullets through it. Cleaned ALLLL the copper out and started trying to shoot cast boolits from my Lee 309-170F mold. I have been using straight wheel weight and lubing with LLA. Tryed every imaginable grain in 2400, Reloder7, imr3031. 60 yards would shoot some of the lighter loads and after that a 2' x 3' of poster board looked like buckshot. So after the good advice from this board I knew my boolit nose was too small for the microgroove barrel, it was throwing out an average nose of .298. So I beagled it with noses now .301 I was sure it would shoot.
Nope, just bigger holes:-D Back to the drawing board. Mixed up some Felix Lube and today I hit the mark. 100 yards 21 gr. of Reloder 7, 2" groups with a Williams peep sight! Boy am I Happy Camper:-D
I did get a bit of leading so I'm water quenching a load of boolits now. My only problem is that my mould is casting very inconsistant boolits. Anywhere from .299-.303 on the nose and anything over .302 won't chamber. I'm having to check every single boolit by sticking it in the muzzle and half are going back because their either too small or too big. I'm using a Lee bottom pour. Any idea why the variation in nose diameter?
Thanks guys for all your help, I can't wait to try the 2400 again.
Nope, just bigger holes:-D Back to the drawing board. Mixed up some Felix Lube and today I hit the mark. 100 yards 21 gr. of Reloder 7, 2" groups with a Williams peep sight! Boy am I Happy Camper:-D
I did get a bit of leading so I'm water quenching a load of boolits now. My only problem is that my mould is casting very inconsistant boolits. Anywhere from .299-.303 on the nose and anything over .302 won't chamber. I'm having to check every single boolit by sticking it in the muzzle and half are going back because their either too small or too big. I'm using a Lee bottom pour. Any idea why the variation in nose diameter?
Thanks guys for all your help, I can't wait to try the 2400 again.