soft lead and pp

[kjg]

I thought I read some of you had done this, i'm working on soft lead unsized .309 lee 309-200-1r, and ideal 311415,and pping them havent loaded any as of yet,just as they are they mic .324 forthe ideal, and.324 also now for giggles what do yall recomend in powder and charges? kjg

[pdawg_shooter]

What are you shooting them in?

[kjg]

8mm m48a

[pdawg_shooter]

I would use H4350 and work up to about 2200/2250fps. Use a BHN 14.0 to 14.5 alloy and you can go right on up to a full power load.

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

the best news about paper patched boolits? Alloy composition does not seem to matter. What does is getting the patched boolit to or just under bore diameter. That and not crimping; which testing shows cuts the paper at the crimp point. This is in my 38-90 and 45-70 Shiloh Sharps.

Rich