Just to insure that they all keep thinking I'm crazy and a Happy Father's day to you

[Mark Daiute]

This is what I just posted on Facebook:

ok folks just found the perfect recipe for Krag Jorgenson. let's see who can follow this:

311299, cast of 50/50 pb/si, water quenched over 17gr of 2400 touched of with WLR primers yielding 1moa at 50yrds.

What's cool is this language is understood here!

Oh, and happy Father's Day to all you fathers out there!

[Crawdaddy]

Sounds tasty and perfectly logical to me!


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[Mark Daiute]

I lied! It was 50/50 pb/ww!!!!

[rockrat]

Wondering about that half lead, half silicon recipie!

[chboats]

Wondering about that half lead, half silicon recipie!

It's a new alloy that only works on Fathers Day

Carl

[mold maker]

I bet those Pb/Si boolits are hard to hold on to.

[Lonegun1894]

Wondering about that half lead, half silicon recipie!



Is the Si for lubing, or a better gas seal? :kidding:

[rjathon]

Did this alloy work where others failed and if so which ones failed and why?

How does WW/Pb water quenched compare to the same air cooled and air cooled WW?

I'm trying to get the 311284 to work in my Krag but have failed.

Thanks,

Russ

[Mark Daiute]

Did this alloy work where others failed and if so which ones failed and why?

How does WW/Pb water quenched compare to the same air cooled and air cooled WW?

I'm trying to get the 311284 to work in my Krag but have failed.

Thanks,

Russ

Casting with 50/50 lead/wheel-weights and then water quenching them is something that was suggested by board members when I let it be known that I was seeking to push cast boolits in my Krags towards the velocities of service loads.

The best I've ever done in my Krags was with the 311299 cast of air-cooled wheel-weights. I've had OK results with the 311284 in my Krags, but the only alloy I've used is the water quenched 50/50 so I can not answer your question as of yet. I need to spend more time with it. I'm looking to try the 311284 cast of ac wheel weights real soon.

What did happen was that I loaded those bullets in my 03 Springfield over 16.5 grains of 2400 and ended up shooting 1moa. I focus on my Krags so this took me pleasantly by surprise.

[rjathon]

Casting with 50/50 lead/wheel-weights and then water quenching them is something that was suggested by board members when I let it be known that I was seeking to push cast boolits in my Krags towards the velocities of service loads.

The best I've ever done in my Krags was with the 311299 cast of air-cooled wheel-weights. I've had OK results with the 311284 in my Krags, but the only alloy I've used is the water quenched 50/50 so I can not answer your question as of yet. I need to spend more time with it. I'm looking to try the 311284 cast of ac wheel weights real soon.

What did happen was that I loaded those bullets in my 03 Springfield over 16.5 grains of 2400 and ended up shooting 1moa. I focus on my Krags so this took me pleasantly by surprise.

I have a 314299 mould. Bullets from it chamber easily in my Krag. I shall give them a try and give up on 311284 for the time being. One interesting note is that I took some of my 311284 bullets and rolled them on a glass plate. Quite a few were out of round.

It seems quite difficult to cast long thin bullets and keep them straight. I need to get better. BTW my 311284 is a NOE mould and it works great. I went with his thermometer and learned a bunch about the value of preheating to proper temperature.

Russ