anyone with 8mm max, karbiner or lee 329 casts handy?

[mistermog]

Just wondering out loud here. I was shooting an old k98k with factory 323 bullets yesterday and cant get accuracy for squat. Slugging with a .325 bullet doesnt even touch so its bigger than 325. I was thinking I have an M95 steyr thats 329 or bigger... I was thinking about getting any of the above moulds to try and use 1 bullet for both. The question I have is though, can 1 bullet be used for both? I don't know the actual bore of either gun as no one I know has any casts big enough to slug both of these. Does anyone have a couple cast up they could send me a few for postage to try slugging just to see what they actual come out to? I was thinking something about .330 or 331 for slugging just to be safe.

It would be nice if the lee 329 worked for both guns :)

[Kraschenbirn]

Don't have any unsized boolits on hand right now but I shoot the Lee 329-205-1R sized to .325 in all my 8x57s. My old-style SC drops .331-.332 at 209 gr. from my 'rifle' alloy...Lyman #2 'enriched' with 10% lino. Dunno what one of their current production moulds might cast but you could always 'beagle' one if needed. Just my nickel's worth.

Bill

[pomofo]

I think I may have a few dozen of the Lee 8mm Max bullets. Alloy is two parts antimonial lead to one part 25:1 lead/tin alloy. I think I measured them at .328-.329. They should be around 11 BHN. Let me know if you think they'd be of any use to you.