How much sight adjustment do you have? If you go much heavier you might not be able to zero the load. Would you be okay with hitting 6" high at 25? That might be all you get with a 350 grain bullet. ...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
How much sight adjustment do you have? If you go much heavier you might not be able to zero the load. Would you be okay with hitting 6" high at 25? That might be all you get with a 350 grain bullet. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Hey buddy you got that mold pretty messed up with lead splatter. One time I nearly ruined a mold (I thought at the time) when I fumbled a cold 2 cavity mold and dropped it in the lead pot. It came...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Your barrel probably has light chatter marks everywhere except below the dovetails. You probably had constrictions and now the areas below the dovetails are shinier than the rest of the barrel. A...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I had to go find my loaded ammo with small primer ACPs so I can shoot some 45s and reload this summer. Large pistol primers are still unavailable or $150 per thousand.
I had 400 loaded rounds...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Weight changes dramatically in big 45 molds. My 453-345 WFN from Mountain Molds has cast as high as 357 grains with 1-1-98 alloy and as light as 339 with 3.5-3.5-93 alloy. This mold is specced for WW...
Now if you are not getting resized when you seat the bullet in the case, your bullet is going to hit the barrel at full size. You might now want to slug the barrel to see if you have any...
I have been shooting a few pistols with dots over the last month and I gotta say I don't see a use for one for me yet. Maybe on a hunting revolver but definitely not on a carry gun.
How do you...
Forum: Cast Boolits
300s are overkill, shoot slower and hit way high.
A hardish 240 WFN will penetrate about 50% deeper than "elk & bear" rifle bullets. A 300 WFN will penetrate twice as far as a 180 grain 30-06 . A...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Don't be afraid of antimony. The trick is matching your antimony and tin by weight in the alloy. When they are equal you will get 100% weight retention at some certain 300 fps impact window based on...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have some foundry type that has about 2% copper. I have found that copper above about 0.2% makes for a terrible time with the Lee dripomatic. It seems like it plugs up constantly at any sane...
Forum: Leverguns
Lance I have seen in my 357 rifles that point of impact changes dramatically when you change the load. I typically see with my 2 loads a 12-14 inch point of impact difference at 50 yards when...
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With expanding bullets, as you increase velocity the penetration goes down. This is because the extra velocity makes the bullet mushroom wider. There are some controlled expansion JHP designs that...
Forum: Leverguns
You want a deep lube groove for low pressure loads. By deep I really actually mean weak. A deep lube groove on a .358 bullet might have a .26" wide shank that is getting squished by the base driving...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I really like the Ranch Dog 135-RF. It casts at 358 for me and you could always powder coat it. I crimp in the top lube groove and it shoots great in 357 rifles and revolvers.
Forum: Leverguns
Simple. You decide to unload the gun and see that stupid safety button and start thinking about how you could just click it and unload all 10 rounds without worrying about bumping the trigger. Then...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I had the same problem on a Shield. I took a 3/8 dome headed brass screw and chucked it in a drill and sanded it down to about .365. Then I carefully loaded it up with some 320 grit lapping compound...
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My best advice for the 44-40 is the lee 452-200-rf in a neck sized 45 Colt case, then squint real hard when you load them and shoot them in a 45 Colt. 100% satisfaction lol
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Midway got super expensive in the last 5-8 years. They always had great prices on ammo and reloading stuff, now they never even show up on ammoseek or other ammo search engines because they mark up...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Congrats buddy! I shoot lots of similar loads. Save some milk jugs then shoot them with your bullet! It looks like it worked great.
I shoot lots of 255 gr hollow points from my 45 Colt rifles and...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Charlie I start seeing the obturation problems and PC loss only with 8-9 BHN alloys at 2100 fps for lube groove bullets and 1800 for smooth sided bullets in the 30" twist. 1-1-98 alloy. 98% lead. You...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I use a very thin coat of tumble lube on some powder coated bullets. I have experienced plain PC bullets that seated with extreme amounts of force on clean brass. MUCH more friction than a normal...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I think the 7 inch twist would really hurt your chances for supersonic success. If you wanna shoot heavy subsonics, why stop at .338? You could shoot a 395 grain bullet in a 16" twist 45 Colt, for...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I don't know what data source you were using, but you were well below Hodgdon's max load. H110 works better within 0.5 gr of max load. Many sources say NEVER reduce below 3% of max load. You reduced...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have had a lot of supermarket pork in the past few years that has the poopy testosterone smell. Pork's just not that good, even when its clean. Definitely not as good as venison, chicken or beef!...
Forum: Leverguns
Hey guys I just saw these today. Look how sharp! Threaded barrel, peep sight, pistol grip, fiber optic front sight (wish it was a night sight!), half mag, walnut, color case hardened. Why don't they...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |