bangerjim
07-28-2013, 01:16 PM
I recently acquired a VERY large amount of "scrap" boolits. Many pounds of never fired 38's and 45's in Pb alloy. After cleaning, they are like brand new.
Also in the mix were many, MANY pounds of jacketed slugs in 38 and 45 that have been fired but are in ~99% new condition. These have very thick jackets, thicker than any of the ones I have bought new in the past several years. They are all standard weights. I have no idea what they were fired into but the noses and bodies are not distorted at all. All j's I have seen are splattered to Hades and are only good for smelting the soft lead out of them.
Here is my question.......these j's have very...very slight rifling grooves in them. Will those grooves cause problems with reloading them? I am not looking for 300 yard accuracies or competition shooting. I just want to send them down the range and hit targets at up to 75-100 feet.
Also in there were 500 brand new 30-06 j boat-tail slugs and 300 38 soft point J's!
Please share your thoughts!
Thanks,
bangerjim
Also in the mix were many, MANY pounds of jacketed slugs in 38 and 45 that have been fired but are in ~99% new condition. These have very thick jackets, thicker than any of the ones I have bought new in the past several years. They are all standard weights. I have no idea what they were fired into but the noses and bodies are not distorted at all. All j's I have seen are splattered to Hades and are only good for smelting the soft lead out of them.
Here is my question.......these j's have very...very slight rifling grooves in them. Will those grooves cause problems with reloading them? I am not looking for 300 yard accuracies or competition shooting. I just want to send them down the range and hit targets at up to 75-100 feet.
Also in there were 500 brand new 30-06 j boat-tail slugs and 300 38 soft point J's!
Please share your thoughts!
Thanks,
bangerjim