M24 Yugo and the new 185 Gr. NOE .325 mold

[jimb16]

I finally got to the range today to test some loads with my 1944 Yugo Mauser. I was loading the new 185 grain .325 bullet cast from the NOE mold that they just ran for us. I got one heck of a pleasant surprise! One batch that I loaded was that boolit PC'ed and sized to .323. I was using IMR 4895. Load was 27.4 grains. Target was a standard reduced 100 yd match target, Range was 100 yards. Sandbagged off the table. I fired 8 rounds at the taget. 6 went through one ragged hole about 3/4 of an inch. The other two were "fliers" (most likely my fault) that opened the group up to 1 1/2 inch! That is using the open sights with the barleycorn front sight! I'm definitely going to have to work with that load to make sure it wasn't a fluke, but I suspect that it wasn't. I typically get 2 1/2 - 4 inch 100 yd groups with that rifle and cast loads with other powders and other boolits.

[BigMagShooter]

nice! got any pictures?

[jimb16]

Nope, Already patched the target for reuse. I usually test at least 10 loads per target before replacing them. That one already had 8 test loads through it. BTW I had very good accuracy at 31 gr. of IMR 4895 also. Group size was just under 2 inches. I'm going to load up more of both and run them over the chrono just to see how fast they are moving. The later load should be plenty potent for hunting.

[BigMagShooter]

nice, got any pictures of the bullet? or ammo?

[jimb16]

170697 This shows the boolits and a completed round. It gives a good idea of how deep the boolits are seated too.
Polly coat is a mix of a high quality yellow and HF red.

[BigMagShooter]

awesome!

[Shiloh]

My next project.

Shiloh

[Scharfschuetze]

Just ordered the 215 grain GC version of this boolit from NOE as I like to shoot at long range. I'm hoping that the heavy slug will track closely with the rear sight settings, at least through 300 yards. We'll soon see.