Cast Boolits - CB Loads, Your Favorite Cartridge https://castboolits.gunloads.com/ Share your pet loads here. View these pages and use the listed data at your own risk. The load data contained within these pages is not verified to be safe. en Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:25:40 GMT vBulletin 60 https://castboolits.gunloads.com/images/misc/rss.png Cast Boolits - CB Loads, Your Favorite Cartridge https://castboolits.gunloads.com/ 35 Whelen reduced plinking load with pistol boolits https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?489077-35-Whelen-reduced-plinking-load-with-pistol-boolits&goto=newpost Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:17:49 GMT I haven't been on the forum much in the last few years but I tested this load out a few weeks ago and was very happy with it. I'll share it here since I wasn't able to find much on shooting .357 pistol boolits in the .35 Whelen. I found a lot on reduced loads but mostly with full sized boolits.

I loaded a 170 gr. MP 358165 RF with a gas check and PC'd over 12.0 gr. Unique. This resulted in 1442 fps with std dev 17 fps and a 1" group at 50 yards, about 4" low in my Ruger Hawkeye. No recoil whatsoever, fun round for the wives and kids. ]]> CB Loads, Your Favorite Cartridge bcr https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?489077-35-Whelen-reduced-plinking-load-with-pistol-boolits LEE TL309-230-5R bullet with Titegroup for subsonic .308 https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?489070-LEE-TL309-230-5R-bullet-with-Titegroup-for-subsonic-308&goto=newpost Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:54:48 GMT Hey guys, I have some Titegroup powder and wanted to cast my own bullets and use them in a subsonic load. Has anyone tried a load for .308 using a cast LEE TL309-230-5R bullet ? What was your load? I have read somewhere one post where they used 6 grains of Titegroup but wanted to double check and... Hey guys, I have some Titegroup powder and wanted to cast my own bullets and use them in a subsonic load. Has anyone tried a load for .308 using a cast LEE TL309-230-5R bullet ? What was your load? I have read somewhere one post where they used 6 grains of Titegroup but wanted to double check and see if anyone has experience with this powder and bullet weight.

Thanks! ]]> CB Loads, Your Favorite Cartridge Worldtrav https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?489070-LEE-TL309-230-5R-bullet-with-Titegroup-for-subsonic-308 .41 center fire https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?488936-41-center-fire&goto=newpost Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:36:10 GMT I came across an Allen & Wheelock single shot rifle in .41 c.f. long (center fire version of the .41 rim fire). A good cleaning later I found the breech block has 2 firing pin holes, but Walmart is out of .41 rim fire ammo. After checking C.O.T.W. and a chamber cast I started by cutting off a .30/30 case to .635". for bullets I sized 180 gn..38/40 bullets to.377" to the 1st lube grove so when seated in the case you have a 'heeled' cartridge like a .22 lr. started with a 1.8 gn charge of red dot (almost any shotgun powder should work). The chrono. showed 725 fps..41.jpg
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]]> CB Loads, Your Favorite Cartridge mikewiskey https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?488936-41-center-fire 9mm bullets going sideways through the target! https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?488917-9mm-bullets-going-sideways-through-the-target!&goto=newpost Sat, 25 Jul 2026 13:01:15 GMT I bought a new Lee mold, a 9 mm 124 gr. tumble lube 6 cavity. Loaded up 50 known good loads of 4.1 grs. Universal. Tried them out yesterday at 30 ft. with two pistols a P320 and a Springfield XD elite. Three out of five land sideways, a perfect profile of the bullet. Any thoughts on what could be... I bought a new Lee mold, a 9 mm 124 gr. tumble lube 6 cavity. Loaded up 50 known good loads of 4.1 grs. Universal. Tried them out yesterday at 30 ft. with two pistols a P320 and a Springfield XD elite. Three out of five land sideways, a perfect profile of the bullet.
Any thoughts on what could be going on? Cast of 1-16 lead, tumble lubed with Lee's alox then sized .356 with a Lee sizer, them tumble lubed again. Very light coating on the bullet. Taper crimped, OAL to just completely chamber and touch the rifling. I've been loading since 1957 and have never had this happen with a center fire pistol.
Thanks for any thoughts,
David ]]> CB Loads, Your Favorite Cartridge stronics https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?488917-9mm-bullets-going-sideways-through-the-target! 38-55 280 gn Load?? https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?488773-38-55-280-gn-Load&goto=newpost Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:52:39 GMT Looking for a load for my 38-55 in a Win 94 rebore. Got several hundred Montana Bullet Works 280 grain fngc bullets, but can’t seem to find any load data for this heavy bullet. They are sized to .378.
(Edited out the original post of .278) thanks Bob! ]]> CB Loads, Your Favorite Cartridge Uncle Grinch https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?488773-38-55-280-gn-Load