rebliss
10-15-2007, 04:55 PM
OK fellows,
I've got these cast up, Gas-Checked, sized and lubed. As-cast, they weighed in at 113gr. I'm going to start them off in my Winchester M94 Carbine in 30-30. I plan on shooting them in 30.06 as well eventually.
I lubed the boolit into the 1st groove, leaving the 2nd open as a crimp groove, so when I seated it in the 30-30 case, I wound up with a C.O.L. at 2.306", which is decidedly shorter than the minimum recommend length. They seem to feed fine in my M94. The boolit actually seats only .363" into the case, where my 170gr. GCFP seats .461" deep, so I shouldn't have to worry about a smaller capacity driving up pressure, should I?
I am going to follow the recommendations in the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook for the 115gr., starting at 7.0gr. Unique up to a max of 11.4gr. Unique.
Has anyone else shot this boolit yet? Do my numbers seem to make sense to you experienced guys, and is there anything I should watch out for?
I won't be able to shoot these for a couple of weeks, but I'll watch here for feedback before I do, just in case there's something I've missed that I should worry about. If not, I'll post results when I have them.
I've got these cast up, Gas-Checked, sized and lubed. As-cast, they weighed in at 113gr. I'm going to start them off in my Winchester M94 Carbine in 30-30. I plan on shooting them in 30.06 as well eventually.
I lubed the boolit into the 1st groove, leaving the 2nd open as a crimp groove, so when I seated it in the 30-30 case, I wound up with a C.O.L. at 2.306", which is decidedly shorter than the minimum recommend length. They seem to feed fine in my M94. The boolit actually seats only .363" into the case, where my 170gr. GCFP seats .461" deep, so I shouldn't have to worry about a smaller capacity driving up pressure, should I?
I am going to follow the recommendations in the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook for the 115gr., starting at 7.0gr. Unique up to a max of 11.4gr. Unique.
Has anyone else shot this boolit yet? Do my numbers seem to make sense to you experienced guys, and is there anything I should watch out for?
I won't be able to shoot these for a couple of weeks, but I'll watch here for feedback before I do, just in case there's something I've missed that I should worry about. If not, I'll post results when I have them.