JohnH
10-21-2007, 11:33 PM
Midway lists this bullet as being a .314 diameter, and it is, at the driving band on the base of the nose, from there it tapers up on each driving band till it reaches the base which is .322. I cast up a couple hundred and have have sized them to .310 and fired about 80 rounds in my 30-30. They shoot good, but it takes a lot of pressure to size the bullets down that much and I don't want to over work my 4500. I was hoping that I could use this bullet in my M44 as well, and it does shoot in that ok, but sizing to 314 for the Nagant still takes a good effort. I have a 314 and a 310 sizer die, but nothing between like say a 318. But man running bullets through 3 sizers would be a pile of work to get a bullet for my 30-30.
What started all this was to get back to plain base designs. With the cost of gas checks going out of sight, and the fact that I rarely shoot at velocities over 1400 fps, I really don't need gas checks or that extra cost anyway.
So I'm stuck. My choices seem to be continue to use this mold till I can replace it with one more appropriate in diameter (the RCBS 30-150 Cowboy looks like all that is commonly available) or just put up with a lot of extra work. Anyone out there been down a similar road to this that can offer some insight?
What started all this was to get back to plain base designs. With the cost of gas checks going out of sight, and the fact that I rarely shoot at velocities over 1400 fps, I really don't need gas checks or that extra cost anyway.
So I'm stuck. My choices seem to be continue to use this mold till I can replace it with one more appropriate in diameter (the RCBS 30-150 Cowboy looks like all that is commonly available) or just put up with a lot of extra work. Anyone out there been down a similar road to this that can offer some insight?