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357maximum
08-20-2008, 09:10 PM
I just bought me a brand new old 358345. Gonna use it in 38spcl smith, & 9X19 astra 100---- anyone wanna share their success stories?
357maximum
08-23-2008, 05:28 AM
It seems to not be a very abundant/popular mold eh?
Poygan
08-23-2008, 12:11 PM
I bought a single cavity at a gun show a few years back. I think I cast with it once. Its pretty light and wouldn't be great in a fixed sight .38 spl . Maybe sized down for a 9mm? A solution looking for a problem???
Bass Ackward
08-23-2008, 01:53 PM
Ah man, success? Crappiest mold ever.


:bigsmyl2:
357maximum
08-23-2008, 04:21 PM
Well...to answer my own question...<<4.5 grains of IMR PB sure works accurately in my astra 100 frame with an astra A90 upper in 9mm. I sized them to .357 and at 12 and 25yards they shoot as good as anything I have shot in it. My ability with an auto pistol is the weakest link here, but i was keeping them all in a 1inch cluster at 12 yards and about a 2.5 inch loose group at 25.

My stainless smith model 60-15 in 357 will be next....I will try both 357 and 38 brass loads/
357maximum
08-23-2008, 04:41 PM
Ah man, success? Crappiest mold ever.


:bigsmyl2:


Hey, at least my wife likes the product of the mold....she says "awww them boolits look "cute". They kind of are cute looking little pills I guess.
Echo
08-24-2008, 03:35 AM
357Max, I'm glad you had good luck with this little pill. I tried some maybe 30 years ago for a friend who wanted a low-recoiling load in her .38 Spcl. I worked and worked with every pistol powder I had to get a load that would make a decent group. Finally settled on about 3 grs HP38 as the best I could do, and that wasn't good, about 3-4" @ 25 yds (out of a Combat Masterpiece).

As I said, I'm glad you are having some success.
357maximum
01-05-2009, 12:15 AM
Update...


This boolit works fine in my nines, but it will never again be tried in my 38 or 357 revolvers, just ain't happening and I have plenty of other molds that are revolver friendly. I will keep this mold just for the nines when I want to run something "different" I guess. I just cannot get them to group in my 6guns...oh well must be a boolit too darn short thing..even though the 105 grain wadcutters will shoot out of the same guns ..oh well ...UNCLE