O.S.O.K.
10-24-2009, 09:47 PM
In my opinion, the "perfect" cast boolit calibers are those that allow you to load them to normal pressure and use the heavier "standard" weight boolit at normal velocity for that caliber or near -normal velocity. Of course, using standard propellants and just under normal charges...
ie:
30-40 Krag - 210 grain boolits at 2000 fps
303 Brit - 200 grain boolits at 2000 fps
356 Win -250 grain boolits at 2000 fps
30-30 Win - 170 grain boolits at 2000 fps
Of course, this applies to almost all handgun calibers too - but I'm mostly looking at the rifle calibers with this "thought".
There are others but those are the ones that I load for.
There is certainly nothing wrong with shooting cast boolits out of 30-06, .338 Win, etc. but they are all reduced loads and you generally have to hunt-up loads and adjust the sights quite a bit to shoot the cast loads.
ie:
30-40 Krag - 210 grain boolits at 2000 fps
303 Brit - 200 grain boolits at 2000 fps
356 Win -250 grain boolits at 2000 fps
30-30 Win - 170 grain boolits at 2000 fps
Of course, this applies to almost all handgun calibers too - but I'm mostly looking at the rifle calibers with this "thought".
There are others but those are the ones that I load for.
There is certainly nothing wrong with shooting cast boolits out of 30-06, .338 Win, etc. but they are all reduced loads and you generally have to hunt-up loads and adjust the sights quite a bit to shoot the cast loads.