I load the 356-125-2R (sized to .356") down to 1.055" oal for my pickiest pistol and it works well. Several other pistols need it at 1.070" sized to .357 and are some of my most accurate. All are...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I load the 356-125-2R (sized to .356") down to 1.055" oal for my pickiest pistol and it works well. Several other pistols need it at 1.070" sized to .357 and are some of my most accurate. All are...
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
Thanks for the report.
I ordered 5000 of them quite a while ago. Most of my hammer fired guns will set them off reliably with a few no-go's here and there, however my striker fired guns are about...
Picked up the latest offering from Taurus, the TH45. Have to wait until the county burn ban is lifted before I can get to the range with it. Also waiting on a throater from Manson so I can run my...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Another thumbs up for the Lee 230TC mold. Functions great and is very accurate in my 45's.
https://i.postimg.cc/8z5hNQcW/230TC.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/wTtqpwHM/230TC2.jpg
Forum: Cast Boolits
You guessed it. It's all part of Lee's "precision"(sarcasm). Not only are the weights all over the place, but some of my Lee molds cast boolits that are up to .007" longer than listed.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I agree. I had other poor grouping loads that I didn't post the results of and they were all sub-1000fps. Going to see what these will do in 38/357 as mentioned above by gwpercle, next time to the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Had a good day at the range today with the new Lee 147TC boolit in both 9mm and 38 Super. Didn't do a lot of ladder testing but used several of the best loads I had from the 147XTP which is the exact...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Brownells. 35 cal (9mm) throating reamer. Very easy to use. Chuck it in a tap handle and give it a few turns in the chamber. I made a block that keeps from reaming too deep so I can get an exact...
Forum: Cast Boolits
You beat me to it. Every owners manual I have says exactly that.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Is it any wonder why firearms manufacturers won't honor the warranty when reloaded ammo is used?
Forum: Cast Boolits
3 grains of RD with a 98gn boolit? Wow!!! I've loaded 2 grains of RD with a 73gn boolit for my Beretta Tomcat and it easily exceeds the 130FP max energy that the manual recommends. 3 grains would...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have several "best" loads with the Lee 200SWC for the 5" 1911. OAL has to be right at 1.240" to feed reliably.
Fast Powder Loads
4.5gn Bullseye @833FPS
3.6gn Clays @720FPS
Medium Burn...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Forgot to say these measure .655" long and need a generous chamber throat or they will need to seat real deep. Thankfully I purchased a 35 cal throating reamer recently and reamed 6 of my 9mil...
Forum: Cast Boolits
IME, Lee sprue plates are way too tight and gouge the molds. I like to heat the mold and test the tightness of the sprue plate, then remove just enough material under the plate so the wave (spring)...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The mailman dropped off the mold today and I couldn't wait to try it out. Trued the sprue plate and milled .008" from under the attachment screw, then heat cycled it three times and it was off to the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Exactly. I had to re-work several of my Lee sizers that were on the small side.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Went back to the range today and tested a few other boolits, and also re-tested the Power Pistol loads since they were questionable. Sure enough there must have been a glitch with the chrony last...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I thought the same thing about being maxed out on PP. 5.4 is about where the velocity stops increasing. I picked up some 38 cal 125gn XTP's to try out next week. They're .357" in diameter and should...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Retested several loads yesterday and the groups got tighter. Concluded the rifle still prefers medium to slower burning powders and I've probably found the rifles limit on accuracy. Next week I'm...
Forum: Gas Checks
PC seems to be all they need. Haven't seen even a trace of leading or PC residue yet. Boolit is about .030" longer than a 100XTP but they don't seat as deep with an OAL of 1.140" compared to the XTP...
Forum: Gas Checks
Forget the check and start PCing them. I cast and PC the Lee 311-100-2R and push them past 1200FPS from the Shield without issue. I've worked up lots of good Alliant loads if you need data.
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Good call!
Seated a few in different headstamp brass today and they were indeed being swaged. The entire length was about .001" smaller and near the base about .002". So I made a new expander and...
Forum: Cast Boolits
That weight difference is negligible so your 3.2gn load would work fine.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I've been using the NOE expander and brass used for this session was Winchester and Remington. Tomorrow I'll seat a few boolits then pull/measure. Also, I think I have some American Select buried in...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Did some more testing today with Unique, Blue-dot, Red-dot and Longshot. Looks like slower powders are what the carbine likes. Red-dot performed like the rest of the fast powders did, not good at...
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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 |