Bullshop Junior
10-01-2014, 01:10 AM
For the last several months, I have been playing with a older Marlin 336 in 32 special with a 24" microgroove barrel. I have been very frustrated with it, as I just could not get it to shoot up to what I expect from a Marlin. With Paper patch, it did pretty good, but not with standard lead bullets. I thought i had tried it all. Light loads. Fast loads. Different bullets, powders, primers. Even tried mounting a 10 power target scope on it. Still disappointing. Recently I discovered among all my treasure a ranchdog 32 mold I had forgotten I had. So I cast a few hundred up the other day. Went to size/lube/check them tonight. Unlike all the other bullets I have tried, the ranchdog does not have a front driving band shoulder. So when I ran them in my .323" sizer die when they came out, I was really able to notice the shaving. Dug out my caliper. Found a battery from a watch of Amandas that fit it, and.....yep. Fascinating. My .323" lyman sizer die was sizing my bullets to .320".
Just goes to show. Tools lie. Beware.
Now i gotta find all the stuff to try and hone it out.
Just goes to show. Tools lie. Beware.
Now i gotta find all the stuff to try and hone it out.