ScottJ
10-04-2009, 03:11 PM
Been using a small hillside in my back yard as a backstop and I go out there and pick up spent projectiles every now and then because they fascinate me.
Now that I cast I'll be doing it more often because I can melt the cores.
Today I found one of the Lee 200gr .429 RFs that I first started with. It had probably been out there three weeks at least.
I measued it and it was .420 at the widest. Could the barrel on my S&W 629 Classic actually be that tight or has the slug likely eroded sitting out there in the weather?
It looks like one of the early ones I cast that probably dropped out barely at .429 that I loaded and shot without worrying too much about throat size before I knew better.
I also found some FMJ .45s. Their measurements were odd. They're all out of round. For the most part they measure .445 but each has one wide area that's about .4505.
Now that I cast I'll be doing it more often because I can melt the cores.
Today I found one of the Lee 200gr .429 RFs that I first started with. It had probably been out there three weeks at least.
I measued it and it was .420 at the widest. Could the barrel on my S&W 629 Classic actually be that tight or has the slug likely eroded sitting out there in the weather?
It looks like one of the early ones I cast that probably dropped out barely at .429 that I loaded and shot without worrying too much about throat size before I knew better.
I also found some FMJ .45s. Their measurements were odd. They're all out of round. For the most part they measure .445 but each has one wide area that's about .4505.