Ohio Rusty
02-21-2016, 01:21 PM
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I've shot alot of round ball in .38 cases. I was curious what my pure lead .395 ball for my .40 flinter would do thru the Lee .358 sizer. This will only work with pure lead as WW's are too hard. Anyway, I greased the .395 ball and set the ball sprue down on the punch and pushed it thru the sizer. What came out were these perfect .358 round nosed cylinders with flat bottoms. Nice !! they weigh 91 grains. Interesting to note in the Lyman loading manual there is already load data for the 90 grain 356242 lead boolit. If I coat these with Alox and crimp them right below the round end, I bet these will be a hoot to plink with loaded with red dot, trail boss or unique. Looking forward to trying these when the weather warms up a little more .....
Ohio Rusty ><>
I've shot alot of round ball in .38 cases. I was curious what my pure lead .395 ball for my .40 flinter would do thru the Lee .358 sizer. This will only work with pure lead as WW's are too hard. Anyway, I greased the .395 ball and set the ball sprue down on the punch and pushed it thru the sizer. What came out were these perfect .358 round nosed cylinders with flat bottoms. Nice !! they weigh 91 grains. Interesting to note in the Lyman loading manual there is already load data for the 90 grain 356242 lead boolit. If I coat these with Alox and crimp them right below the round end, I bet these will be a hoot to plink with loaded with red dot, trail boss or unique. Looking forward to trying these when the weather warms up a little more .....
Ohio Rusty ><>