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Ruger No. 3 and the goal is an accurate load that is adequate for feral hogs, so assuming near factory speed is likely.

The Speer manuals and some others show max loads well below the 2,430 fps factory loadings for 180 gr. Like 2,118 fps for 3031. Is this because of weaker early rifle actions?

Lyman runs 3031...

Success! Loaded a standard charge of 700x under a thin cardboard wad (stamped out of a cracker box) followed by 45 grains worth of #8 shot (all I had available) with another wad on top. Did not...

Was hoping for some pretty light loads...

Can I put gas checks on these?

Dang that's a lot of 4198 for the light afternoon I had in mind...

The boolits are ALOX coated by me.

I got these hard boolits before I knew there could be a rifle bore leading issue. I really...

If I read correctly, these 350g and 405g bullets are high on the hardness scale... thought I read 18bhn (or more?). How much velocity is likely needed to keep these boolits from leading up the...

Great info gentlemen! Off to the bench! Thanks.

Would like a shotshell load for hiking with the .32 SWL for the occasional rattlesnake encounter. I may only have #9 shot available to load.

Haven't noticed plastic shot capsules available for...

Thinking of trying some 180 grain cast loads and at or below factory speed of 2430 and don't want any leading to clean out. Anyone having luck in this area?

No keyhole and accuracy fair on early trials. Lead fouling is unclear... I can't see the bore at the breech very well. These are .459.

Thanks Gents but recall the task was to identify a 115 grain load that was accurate from the 2 inch guns (not a POI load, and not to fix the SWL). Gibson was indicating some very accurate loads, but...

Ok but we are talking 115 grainers. I guess no one so far has done well with the 115 gr except Larry Gibson (he reported numerous 2 inch groups at 50 yards, impressive).

The "mid-range" 115 loads I tried also shot high and scattered, and especially the higher loads that Larry Gibson described shot 6+ inches high at 20 yards, out of the 2 inch barrel. He was cranking...

Not doing any casting... so the largest option I see currently to buy is .314. Aside from sizing, has anyone found a good accurate mix for a 115gr?

Found same here Little Jack, Win 94 chamber is oversized near the base, fired cases shows a clear bulge, loading at the upper end of the tables, not so much at the lower end.

But to counter, could...

Not sure I have seen any .315 commercial boolits in any case...

The cylinder throats on this gun will accept a minus .314 pin gauge. Does this mean I need .315 boolits? (Veral Smith told me to "fill up the throats" on revolvers).

Never had much luck finding an accurate load in the 2 inch S&W Mod. 30-1 with the 115 grain Laser Cast pills.

Has anyone?

I fired a few to begin with but being short of time for real testing I became wary of being able to see and easily remove leading at the breech, so I wanted to see if there was a firm consensus that...

Pretty sure the ones on hand are .459.

1895 Micro-groove

Since the reading is pretty consistent that Marlin Micro Groove barrels need "oversized" cast boolits, how have the standard Oregon Trail 45-70 boolits performed in these barrels (meaning accuracy...

Well I wouldn't say you were wrong 44, just that he was talking about that critical case head area failure which I really think is fairly removed from the bulge area on this particular case. That...

I'm with you there and good advice.

I will note that I have now seen brass fired in a Win 94 from this 45LC, and 357 Mag and a 44 Mag, and they all have a one-side bulge near the rim, but not as...

No offense but with Outpost warning of possible brass failure and a KABOOM I'm going to stop short of the "overthinking" category. There may be some normalcy in a lever chamber having a recess at the...