Charlie U.
01-07-2015, 03:09 PM
I have been casting and reloading for pistol for about a year and a half now but had not made any rifle rounds until today.
My first foray into bottle necked cartridges was making these gallery/mouse fart loads for the 30/30 using boolits I cast from a single cavity Lyman 313445 mold.
Thanks again to the forum members that gave me load advice on this previous thread: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?252554-Lyman-313445-in-the-30-30-suggested-loads-using-unique
Today was just a small batch to test function in my Marlin 336 and get a sense of recoil and noise level. The weather is too miserable for range/accuracy testing so that will have to wait, but I just had to take a handful out back on the deck and pop them off into a stump.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/gekkocha/Hunting%20Guns%20Relaoding/IMG_7303.jpg
The load is:
Lyman 313445 boolit cast from WW and water dropped sized to .311 in a Lee push thru sizer and 45/45/10 tumble lubed. (Listed as a 95gr. boolit, but from my mold they are a hair under 100grains)
Once fired Remington brass.
FED. #150 LG. PISTOL PRIMER (non magnum).
5.0 grains of Unique.
crimped using Lee FC die.
They were only a bit louder than 22lr and had no recoil to speak of. I am really looking forward to playing around with these once the weather allows. If I can squeeze some useful accuracy out of them they should make a fun and efficient substitute for 22lr small game and plinking duties.
I did run into one challenge - seating these little wadcutters was not working right with the bullet seating stem in my Pacific Durachrome 30/30 die set. The seating stem was too short and shaped for RN or RFN boolits. The sharp edges of my boolits were getting boogered up and depth was not right for the crimp ring.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/gekkocha/Hunting%20Guns%20Relaoding/IMG_7304.jpg
I found a simple solution by switching out the seating stem with a longer one from the Durachrome 300Win Mag set. It's got a neck that is a bit longer and has a much better profile for use with these boolits. Problem Solved!
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/gekkocha/Hunting%20Guns%20Relaoding/IMG_7307.jpg
For those of you loading the little Lee 314-90 or other little wadcutters in the 30/30 this problem might also arise. Hope this helps.
My first foray into bottle necked cartridges was making these gallery/mouse fart loads for the 30/30 using boolits I cast from a single cavity Lyman 313445 mold.
Thanks again to the forum members that gave me load advice on this previous thread: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?252554-Lyman-313445-in-the-30-30-suggested-loads-using-unique
Today was just a small batch to test function in my Marlin 336 and get a sense of recoil and noise level. The weather is too miserable for range/accuracy testing so that will have to wait, but I just had to take a handful out back on the deck and pop them off into a stump.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/gekkocha/Hunting%20Guns%20Relaoding/IMG_7303.jpg
The load is:
Lyman 313445 boolit cast from WW and water dropped sized to .311 in a Lee push thru sizer and 45/45/10 tumble lubed. (Listed as a 95gr. boolit, but from my mold they are a hair under 100grains)
Once fired Remington brass.
FED. #150 LG. PISTOL PRIMER (non magnum).
5.0 grains of Unique.
crimped using Lee FC die.
They were only a bit louder than 22lr and had no recoil to speak of. I am really looking forward to playing around with these once the weather allows. If I can squeeze some useful accuracy out of them they should make a fun and efficient substitute for 22lr small game and plinking duties.
I did run into one challenge - seating these little wadcutters was not working right with the bullet seating stem in my Pacific Durachrome 30/30 die set. The seating stem was too short and shaped for RN or RFN boolits. The sharp edges of my boolits were getting boogered up and depth was not right for the crimp ring.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/gekkocha/Hunting%20Guns%20Relaoding/IMG_7304.jpg
I found a simple solution by switching out the seating stem with a longer one from the Durachrome 300Win Mag set. It's got a neck that is a bit longer and has a much better profile for use with these boolits. Problem Solved!
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/gekkocha/Hunting%20Guns%20Relaoding/IMG_7307.jpg
For those of you loading the little Lee 314-90 or other little wadcutters in the 30/30 this problem might also arise. Hope this helps.