milkman
09-06-2005, 07:35 AM
I didn't have to work yesterday, so I started playin with the darn oversize weatherby.(thanks for all the posts on slugging barrels) I have a 309-160 Lee mould that drops between .311 and .312 (thanks for the posts on Leementing) I wanted to shoot it unsized but with a gas check. ( thanks for all the posts on correct bullet to bore diameter ) All I have is a Lee push through sizer so I slowly ran the bullet and check into the sizer base first using a wooden dowell to tap it back out till I found the spot where the check was attatched firmly but the boolit wasn't touched, then made a witness mark on the dowell and left it in the sizer and gc'ed the rest of the bullets. Next I checked the inside diameter of a fired case to see if the chamber would take the large bullet (thanks 45 2.1) , hand lubed with my first batch of fwfl (thanks Felix) and loaded the bullets (thanks for the threads on bullet hardness and tempering) which were heat treated ww, to touch the lands. (thanks for the posts on OAL) I loaded 5 with 10 grains Unique, 5 with 14 grains Herco and 5 with 35 grains IMR7383. I then inked the neck on one and tried it in the chamber to make sure it wasn't too tight. (thanks again Felix) At 50 Yd all three loadings grouped from 1" to 1 1/2"
It ain't all in the same hole but BOY-HOWDY does it ever look better than it did. A little more playing and I may have a keeper. I have a good selection of bullets on the way (thanks David R) and will see how they perform.
I could have done the same thing without all the great posts, advice and tips. YEAH, IN BOUT A HUNNERT YEARS milkman
It ain't all in the same hole but BOY-HOWDY does it ever look better than it did. A little more playing and I may have a keeper. I have a good selection of bullets on the way (thanks David R) and will see how they perform.
I could have done the same thing without all the great posts, advice and tips. YEAH, IN BOUT A HUNNERT YEARS milkman