I need recommendation for a lever gun with a .380 bore. Want a mold that will drop a bullet in the 240-260 gr. weight. Have no idea what mold maker or mold to order.
I need recommendation for a lever gun with a .380 bore. Want a mold that will drop a bullet in the 240-260 gr. weight. Have no idea what mold maker or mold to order.
Try Accurate Molds, They have one # 39-255B. It cast a .386 255 gr, a RNFP.
The Accurate Molds 38-250B, BG, BT and BU would all be essentially the same bullet altered for preference of conventional groove or tumble, plain base or gas check. Those would all be crimp-groove bullets - - presumably for a repeater where the overall length might matter more than a single shot.
WWJMBD?
In the Land of Oz, we cast with wheel weight and 2% Tin, Man.
Pre-panic I would have recommended the Lee for less than $25.00.
Current conditions? I think you would be better off buying a custom from Accurate. I'd go with either a plain base or a combo of both PB and GC bases.
Robert
+1 on the Lee, if you can find one, buy it! I used it to great success over 10.0 grains of Unique @ 1400 fps. Good groups and no leading with 94-3-3 alloy, air cooled.
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Accurate 38-250BU really has my attn.
Why 240 - 260 grs. The most accurate 38-55 bullet is the Ideal 375166, 320 grs and is on the Accurate website. MOA 100 to 300 yds and accurate 500 meters with smokeless and black powder
Regards
John
I bought the NOE 379-379-FN.
A friend used this boolit to win gold and silver medals in the Huntsman World Senior Games in Southern Utah.
It works great in his lever gun.
Lafaun
Just staying at home and playing with multi-color boolits.
See https://thefiringline.com/forums/sho...22&postcount=1
Calculate your max nose length from the case length to fit the action, and see if it doesn't work
I bought the 379-250 Lee mould while Jes reboring had my 94 30-30 at his place. It shoots just fine @.377” from that 6# wonder. I’ve no reason to try anything else, if I had a single shot target rifle I would.
My JES rebored Marlin likes the Lee 379-250 as well sized at .377 and PC'd . Good boolit, I'm hoping it does well on deer.
Retired: school of hard knocks
NRA Lifer
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 |