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Well done indeed. We collected two small muley does with my 8 x 54 Krag Jorgensen cast bullet gun last year. Saeco's 190 grain 8mm cast in hard shot, sized to .323 fired through a surplus '93...

Does yours have the bore diameter stamped on the breech? They came in both '93 and '98 versions, my barrel came off of an M'93. Perhaps I need to slug the barrel if yours is .328. Even if the bore...

lar45-Sorry to ignore your post-I missed it. The Turks were most accommodating on their Mauser barrels and stamped the bore diameter on the breech. This barrel is marked 7.91mm or .31145. The...

Well I have some of that to try, also some 4350 left. I thought cast bullets responded better to the faster powders, but I admit to not having done a huge amount of research. Next time I can round...

I think there is nothing for it but to order up a sample batch of Missouri's bullet and load them up until accuracy falls off, go down a half grain and take 'em hunting. I would sure like to get to...

I have been shooting cast bullets for quite awhile in the lever action/military cast bullet matches. Bullet performance on game didn't matter, I had unmentionable bullets for that. I always cast...

Well in the interim while I was waiting for a few fellows to find my post I've been snooping around on the forum. This cast bullet 120000 to 140000 rpm threshold that I have encountered makes a lot...

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Posted this in the plating/coating forum first. That was probably a bad idea, those guys actually are interested in powder coating some bullets. I posted earlier about my "hard times...

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Back to visit. I been gone awhile I am on a top-break revolver kick. Of course I gotta be the village expert, and there seems half a million manufacturers of these cheap early 19 century...

I am beginning to think the fast twist of my surplus '93 Mauser barrel, 1 turn in 240mm, or around 1 turn in 9.45 inches, is working against me. As surely as the forces of acceleration from zero to...

Seems the Lee 205 grain bullet is designed for the M95 Austrian Straight Pull M30 cartridge 8 x 56R, and sports a diameter of .329. That is a LOT to size so perhaps another similar mold would work...

Well the cartridge was developed to increase performance over the 6.5 x 55 Swedish Mauser for shooting the Scandinavian moose with the same rifles. The goal is to make it as close to the effective...

Wouldn't an increase in bullet softness require a decrease in velocity as well? I don't seem to be getting leading to speak of, a nice ring of melted lube on the barrel crown indicates the lube is...

I've been a black powder shooter for a long time, and I have toyed with black powder cartridge rifles some. This is my first foray into hunting with cast bullets in the small bore smokeless sizes. ...

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I just added an 8 x 54 Krag Jorgensen to the battery. I built the cartridge on an M'91 Argentine Mauser that I have had for over 40 years. This is a Scandinavian moose cartridge derived by...

My retirement rifle turns out to be one I have owned for a long, long time. I bought a heavily remodeled M91 Mauser when in my teens, it had been converted to the .308 Winchester cartridge through...