bassin57
04-03-2015, 09:48 AM
Hi,
I took my first cast bullets to the range. The 45-70 was poured in SOWW with tin to a 25:1 alloy. The mold was .459 405 grn HB which I pan lubed in BAC. The starting load for the powders SR 4759 and 5774 was used. The boolit did not keyhole like the commercial BH of 18 boolit. At 25 yards I had 3 almost touching but at 50 yards I had 8 inch group after firing 15 rounds. Upon cleaning the barrel I had little leading . I am happy with the results and I will try 25:1 alloy from rotometals. The trigger on thre 1873 trapdoor is hard and beaks all ot once. Can a smith improve the trigger on a rifle that old? My next outing will be with a higher powder load...I have reloader7 and IMR 4198 as a possibility I would like better grouping.
The SKS was shot with a cast my friend made for me 155 grn GC boolit and the Lee 160 TL GC boolit I made and lubed with xlox 45-45-10. Both were shot with a starting load of Rel 7. Both boolits fired OK and cycled the action. The 155 grn felt weak in velocity due the large powder range for Rel 7 and weight. I only had time to fires these at 25 yards. I will go out again using boolits cast from wheel weights with a little tin and water squeached. I will incease the powder charge of Rel 7 and I may add imr 4198. I LOST SOME SKS BRASS due to the ejection. I have read on the internet shooting an SKS with the gas pistion (large rod in gas tube) removed will allow you to shoot and SKS as a single shot?? Has anyone tried this?
Finally I shot my 45 acp 200 grn and 230 grn cast boolits. I used the Lee 200 grn SWC TL and Lee 230 grn TL molds. The alloy I used was recommended here 50/50 lead to COWW with 2 % tin. lubed X2 with xlox 45-45-10 from White Lubes. The loaded and shot great from rest at 17 yards using a near starting load of Win 231. My next cast will be a mix of 1-25 lead alloy (rotometals) / COWW With a slight increase powder charge.
It was a fun outing and thanks again for the replies to my earlier posts.
Bassin57
I took my first cast bullets to the range. The 45-70 was poured in SOWW with tin to a 25:1 alloy. The mold was .459 405 grn HB which I pan lubed in BAC. The starting load for the powders SR 4759 and 5774 was used. The boolit did not keyhole like the commercial BH of 18 boolit. At 25 yards I had 3 almost touching but at 50 yards I had 8 inch group after firing 15 rounds. Upon cleaning the barrel I had little leading . I am happy with the results and I will try 25:1 alloy from rotometals. The trigger on thre 1873 trapdoor is hard and beaks all ot once. Can a smith improve the trigger on a rifle that old? My next outing will be with a higher powder load...I have reloader7 and IMR 4198 as a possibility I would like better grouping.
The SKS was shot with a cast my friend made for me 155 grn GC boolit and the Lee 160 TL GC boolit I made and lubed with xlox 45-45-10. Both were shot with a starting load of Rel 7. Both boolits fired OK and cycled the action. The 155 grn felt weak in velocity due the large powder range for Rel 7 and weight. I only had time to fires these at 25 yards. I will go out again using boolits cast from wheel weights with a little tin and water squeached. I will incease the powder charge of Rel 7 and I may add imr 4198. I LOST SOME SKS BRASS due to the ejection. I have read on the internet shooting an SKS with the gas pistion (large rod in gas tube) removed will allow you to shoot and SKS as a single shot?? Has anyone tried this?
Finally I shot my 45 acp 200 grn and 230 grn cast boolits. I used the Lee 200 grn SWC TL and Lee 230 grn TL molds. The alloy I used was recommended here 50/50 lead to COWW with 2 % tin. lubed X2 with xlox 45-45-10 from White Lubes. The loaded and shot great from rest at 17 yards using a near starting load of Win 231. My next cast will be a mix of 1-25 lead alloy (rotometals) / COWW With a slight increase powder charge.
It was a fun outing and thanks again for the replies to my earlier posts.
Bassin57