The 43 Spanish Experience (Argentine 11.15x58R Rolling Block)

[ohland]

http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/310/43_Spanish/43_Spanish.html

Again, as more data arrives, I'll update the page. All further diddling with the roller will eventually end up here. Waiting on some neck turning advise.

If I can get advise, permission, or whatever to put stickies on my profile page, I'll do so. That way the involved stuff will be up top.

L8tr

[Bob Busetti]

I'm starting to develop loads for my second .43 Spanish, a carbine. My goal is to get a load that will hit point of aim with the settings of the sights.

[ohland]

I'm starting to develop loads for my second .43 Spanish, a carbine.

Is that a lighter load or shorter case or yes... Using .439 soft boolits?

[Bob Busetti]

Full length case, as cast Lyman boolit that after sitting a week or two sizes out to .441. Load using right now is 30.0 grains of 4198. I'm sure its a slow load.

[missionary5155]

Greetings
My first 43 Spanish Roller was a real test of desire and whether or not it could ever shoot straight. Horrible fat throated. .443+ groove. I had Bertram brass (purchased back about 1984). These cases were registered to the chamber upon second firing with a file mark at 12 o'clock. The only way to get a fat enough cast into the chamber neck was to neck turn the brass. The other solution was to be paper patch the exposed boolit which I decided was not for me.
So one evening I was off to a very helpful Sharps shooter's house to use his lathe. Dan found a hardened steel rod to use as the case mouth guide for the brass and we chucked up the first case. In just a few seconds .006 was basicly removed from the outside of the case. With this simple job it was possible to seat and chamber .444 soft cast (40-1) and groups were near cut in half at 200 yards using 2F Goex.
Mike in Peru

[Hogpost]

Curious, anyone tried a hollow-base bullet, instead of reaming or neck-turning brass? The Lee hollow-base 45 caliber mold has made all the difference in many "45-ish" rifles including Danish rollers and Dutch Beaumonts. Missionary, you have the perfect setup for telling research. Try lathe-drilling various base cavities in some of those bullets and firing them in non-turned brass.
The results could be very interesting to a lot of other 43 Spaniards, and could result in a new group mold purchase.

[ohland]

http://municion.org/

Cartucho 11.15x57R / .43 Remington fabricado en Argentina. Punta de plomo hueca en la base y taco de fieltro.
http://www.municion.org/altres/TallatG.jpg

Cartucho 11.15x57R / .43 Remington fabricado en Francia por la SFM. El calepino de papel enrollado alrededor de la bala, se pliega en el hueco de su base. Entre este conjunto y la pólvora, hay un taco de cartón encerado y un disco de 4mm de cera blanca (EM0006).
http://www.municion.org/seccionados/RemG.jpg

[leadman]

There were hollowbase bullets loaded in original ammo for the RBs of various chamberings. As a side note my surplus 7.62X54R has hollowbase bullets loaded in it.