Catching Boolits is Snow, . . .

[Jeff R]

I wanted to see how much snow it took to stop this NOE 311-299. It went in 54 inches. Somewhere along the way, it shed the gas check. Looking at the base of the fired Boolit, it looked like it was crimped on pretty good. The nose on this Boolit is .301. It was sized to .311. Our snow piles have finally started to get smaller.

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The thread title should have said, Catching Boolits IN Snow, not IS snow.

Jeff

[Doc_Stihl]

What do your drive bands measure on the fired boolit?

[AlaskanGuy]

Isnt snow great for this???? I have examples of every thing I cast shot into snow.... It is very nice for checking out how things turn out..... Also great for checking out your lube and how it is doing....

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AG

[Jeff R]

Doc,
I took 6 random measurements of the drive bands. They are pretty much the same as the OD of the two barrel slugs that I made.
Jeff

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[Doc_Stihl]

I recovered a handful of 44 Mag a few years back. My bore slugs .4295. The boolits were all .433+. They were soft lead and the nose appeared to be fine and everything else until held to an original. The entire bullet widened slightly with the impact. Held it's overall profile nicely though.

[JeffinNZ]

Nice photos!

[mannyCA]

very cool thread!

[blixen]

When you said "catching boolits in snow" I thought you were referring to something I tried this winter. I snow quenched my hot lead right out of the molds in a bucket of snow while I was casting outside in 30-degree weather. They melted through about 3-4 inches, then stopped. (BTW, I'm not recommending it in anyway--they seemed about as hard when I water quench.)

[Walter Laich]

do you dig them out or wait till the Spring thaw?

[Jeff R]

Walt,
I dug this out, and stuck a pole through, so I could measure how far it traveled. When the snow melts, I should be able to pick up a bunch.
Jeff