Ranch Dog
04-07-2006, 10:09 PM
I received my TLC460-425-RF today! That gives me a pretty good lineup for my Marlins... TLC359 for my 336D, SC, and ER (also a beautiful and not so common Savage 170B). The TLC379 for my 375. The TLC432 for my 336-44 and 444s. Now, this TLC460 for my 1895G and MR! I've got one more coming, a TLC311-165-RF for my Glenfield 30 and my 336A (30-30 Ackley Improved). Heck, with all these rifles, molds, and 1600# of wheel weights and 1600# of linotype I think I might just put a padlock on my gate and never come back out! [smilie=s:
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I was busy casting some TLC432-285-RFs when the Lee box arrived so I went straight to work casting some. Looks like all the dimensions are correct and cast as I expected so may be soon I can start shooting it.
My hog hunters left this morning and the wind had died down so I shot a bunch of the TLC3590-180-RFs. I had loaded up some of them with Hodgdon's recommended starting loads for the Speer 180-grain bullet. I used BL-C(2), H322, H335, H4198, and H4895. I shot them out of my 336D instead of my 50's 336SC. They shot very well! The rifle is sighted in at 100-yards with the Speer 180-grain FP and 38.0-grains of H4895 and all the 5-round groups where with a few inches of this load. Honestly, I was suprised I hit an 8.5" X 11" target at 100-yards with this finicky rifle. Gonna clean all the copper out of the barrel and cure some constrictions and it might end up being a shooter. H335 and H4895 shot the best.
http://home.awesomenet.net/~ranch-dog/Casting/040706_004_448x343.jpg
I was busy casting some TLC432-285-RFs when the Lee box arrived so I went straight to work casting some. Looks like all the dimensions are correct and cast as I expected so may be soon I can start shooting it.
My hog hunters left this morning and the wind had died down so I shot a bunch of the TLC3590-180-RFs. I had loaded up some of them with Hodgdon's recommended starting loads for the Speer 180-grain bullet. I used BL-C(2), H322, H335, H4198, and H4895. I shot them out of my 336D instead of my 50's 336SC. They shot very well! The rifle is sighted in at 100-yards with the Speer 180-grain FP and 38.0-grains of H4895 and all the 5-round groups where with a few inches of this load. Honestly, I was suprised I hit an 8.5" X 11" target at 100-yards with this finicky rifle. Gonna clean all the copper out of the barrel and cure some constrictions and it might end up being a shooter. H335 and H4895 shot the best.