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Some years ago, my dad found a 2" lead ball that we thought was a cannon ball. It has a mould seam and measures about 1.95" around the seam and about2.06" opposite...

Just found this link: http://www.stronghandinc.com/burningratechart.html
This chart puts n3sm around 700X or b/n n320 and n330.
Hope this helps.
EG

See if you can talk to someone at VV or do a google search. You are probably close to Herco...it may be similar to n340-350. As to the question of shotgun powder in pistol, I've shot many pounds of...

Hodgdon's Longshot is a very good powder in the .40 to maximize velocity. Check their website for loading data and max pressures.
I can hardly wait to start making some bullets...I just need some...

I have a 264 STW and wanted to do a final fire-forming on necked down 7 STW brass. I used primed brass with 30 grs of N 340 powder and no bullet or filler. I just fired the gun vertically and the...

Never thought about trying a standard primer with the 296 load, figured I needed the mag primer with ball powder. I may try it with Win. primers and check with the chrono. Thanks.
EG

Got a chance to chrono this evening and the above load, 21.5grs W296 under the 310GC Lee boolit, was doing 1175fps out of the 4 5/8" barrel. I tried 22grs under the Lee boolit and they were doing...

Front sight is a little too high. Going to file and sight in for heavy boolit.

Thanks for the reply. I just finished installing a Ruger 45LC front blade and a Bowen RC rear sight on my gun. Front is right much taller so it should work. Off to the range...
Eddie

Loaded up some 310's with 21.5grs W296 and a CCI 350 and went to the range. Impact was 6" above hold at 25yds with the rear sight screwed down. I've got a taller front sight and a Rough Country...

Tried a reduced load in my new 4 5/8" SBH with a home cast 310gr GC Lee bullet and 11grs Hodgdon Longshot. Did not chrono but vel. must have been a little over 1000fps...recoil was not bad, a lot...

Bidrin(dicrotophos) is better than Bifenthrin for controlling stinkbugs. Southern States will know about it. We have to use Bidrin every year to control stinkbugs in Cotton. You can only expect a...

Shot a pistol match last Sunday and I was first on the first stage, of course. I was using my cast 180gr .40 boolits lubed with homemade moly lithi-bee lube. Well, the stage was 19rds with 10 peices...

Had mine checked two months ago and it came back as a 12...alittle higher than I want to see but not too bad considering the amount of cast boolits I was shooting. I don't think the casting is as...

+1 No telling how many I shot growing up.

I break the sprue directly back into the pot, I've always done it that way. That does help to keep the pot up...think I'll try running the second pot.
Thanks for all the feedback,

Eddie

I was thinking about this while casting. I've got a 10lb pot that needs an overhaul, might be able to run two...

Finally found the time to cast some and tried running two six cavity molds. Once I got my new mold throwing good boolits it went very smoothly. Like a dumba** I didn't clean the new mold before...

I had the fish cooker/cast iron pot going today to pour some ingots from isotope lead that I have had for several years. Most pieces have labels and glue and a few are painted so it's nice to make...

IPSC and USPSA are not the same thing. They both have their own rule books with some differences in the rules. With the exception of a few special "Qualifier Matches" we only shoot USPSA in the...

Buddy of mine has an XDM in .40 and it is a nice pistol. I have not shot it much but it seems to be a good choice. I had a witness in .40 and it too was a nice gun, heavy but nice. For defense,...

Hey bearloaf, I'm using a mould just like yours and the bullets cast to .403-.405 but I size them down with a .401 lyman sizer. They work fine in my SVI with no leading. I am not water dropping...

When I bought this flattop .357 I consulted Big Bore Handguns and a few articles to find loading data for the Keith 172gr swc. I tried WW296 powder to begin with working up from a starting load and...

Saw a show where the hosts shot simulated sheet rock walls with various guns to see what kind of penetration they got. Birdshot loads in a shotgun looked really good for not going through multiple...

Boolits are sized just a little larger than .358", I honed a lyman .358 sizer. Cylinder mouths allow boollits to pass through with a little resistance. Not 100% sure on the bore but it is closer to...