308 Win. Success with Lee 312-155 cast boolits

[Budzilla 19]

308 Win. , Remington 700, heavy barrel rifle, Lee 312-155-2r cast boolits, powder coated, gas checked,( weight after checked and PC is 163 grains) CCI 200 primer, 40.0 grains IMR 4895.
Distance was 465 yards, laser range finder checked, when I did my part it rang the 8” plate with authority! My friend whose place we were shooting, asked,” a cast lead bullet.” You’re gonna shoot that far with a cast lead bullet? Yes, yes I am, gonna shoot that far with a cast boolit!!! When all said and done, he was convinced that lead bullets are just as capable as jacketed bullets!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, no video it didn’t happen, but I’m trying to load this videos now.
I love this hobby! More results later after more shooting.

I forgot to add these were sized to .310” and col was 2.80” if I remember correctly! Important details for sure! Sorry about that, guys.

Oh, by the way, I didn’t have much luck at 950 yards!! Lol

[tigweldit]

Budzilla, Way to go! Did you size the boolets?

[charlie b]

Nice. How deep did you have to seat them?

[Budzilla 19]

tigweldit, i sized them to .310”. charlie b I seated them to the “ crimp Groove”? I like this boolit, by the way! Once I figured my hold over, it was bang,ding! Like clockwork

[Krag 1901]

I also like this boolet in my .308. It has the nose for the chamber length and bore. It didn't work in my Krag as well as the 312-160-2R, I guess due to the difference in nose profile.

[charlie b]

Longer ranges.

Some bullets will do ok when going through transition to subsonic and others won't. Then there is the rainbow trajectory to consider. The times I tried longer ranges I had to pick an aimpoint on the hill way above the target. It was enough to hit a 5ft square area. If I can't put the bullets on a sheet of paper I lose interest.

[Budzilla 19]

Charlie b , I ran out of elevation on my Leupold scope, so I just was winging it at 950 yards!!!! I got close, but, it was a heck of a holdover!!! Switched over to Sierra 168 Matchkings, in match loaded ammo, but, in the end, it was late in the day, and I was kinda tired as we had been bangin and clanging for a while!! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! So, backed up to 240 yards, banged a few more, and when the rain started it was a mad scramble to get in the house. Guys, I appreciate your comments! I’m still learning after all these years about casting, and accuracy with lead! And most of it I learned right here!

[turtlezx]

what size groups at 100 yds ???????

[358429]

Ha wow that's over 1/4 mile!
Bang!----Ping!

That's some good shooting!

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[charlie b]

Yep, you have time to get the scope back and watch the impact

[Outpost75]

I use this bullet in charges heavy enough to cycle M1 Garand, 36-38 grains of 4895, 4064, RL15 or Varget, approximating. 30-30 velocity and grouping is as good or better than military Ball M2 back to 300 yards. Use 200 yard sight dope for 100, 300 yard dope for 200, etc.

[hoodat]

I've got a favorite "off-hand" gong I made from a farm disk. It's about 16", and too easy for 100 yds, and even pretty easy off-hand at 200. This is for un-scoped military rifles like my Nazi Mauser, and the SKS's. 300 yds is when it starts getting interesting, (at least for me). I love that I can shoot off-hand, that far, with no scope at something about the same size as the vittles of an elk, and regularly smack it.

Our cast bullets are made for stuff like that. Here's a pic of Grandotta #1 banging the gong at 200 yards, pretty regular. Shooting paper wouldn't hold anybodies interest for very long doing this, but that satisfying "KAFLANGGGG" keeps the kids going till their shoulders are sore. jd

[dverna]

308 Win. , Remington 700, heavy barrel rifle, Lee 312-155-2r cast boolits, powder coated, gas checked,( weight after checked and PC is 163 grains) CCI 200 primer, 40.0 grains IMR 4895.
Distance was 465 yards, laser range finder checked, when I did my part it rang the 8” plate with authority! My friend whose place we were shooting, asked,” a cast lead bullet.” You’re gonna shoot that far with a cast lead bullet? Yes, yes I am, gonna shoot that far with a cast boolit!!! When all said and done, he was convinced that lead bullets are just as capable as jacketed bullets!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, no video it didn’t happen, but I’m trying to load this videos now.
I love this hobby! More results later after more shooting.

I forgot to add these were sized to .310” and col was 2.80” if I remember correctly! Important details for sure! Sorry about that, guys.

Oh, by the way, I didn’t have much luck at 950 yards!! Lol

Sounds like a good load (1.5 MOA) and some good shooting...well done.

Most people could not hit 8" target at nearly 500 yards unless shooting off a bench and would need a dead calm wind to do it even with jacketed bullets. IIRC, shooting the 175 gr Sierra MatchKing in full load .308's, wind drift is about 20" at 500 yards with a 10 mph cross wind.

[Budzilla 19]

dverna, thank you,sir! We were shooting from a bench,and it was fairly calm across the lake we were at. turtlezx, I’ve never shot these loads for group at 100 yards. Or, for that matter, never chronographed them either! I’m still working on video loading, so when it comes, I’ll post it for y’all!!

[jim147]

I just found that mold new in box in a bunch of reloading stuff I put up when I got sick. I think I'll give it a go in 30-06 and 7.62x39. I sold my FR-8 when I was sick.

[Budzilla 19]

jim147,, I have a friend who loads this boolit in 7.62x39, in a bolt gun, he’s ringing the 300 meter gong regularly! In 30/06, I’ve loaded this boolit to maximum loads before. Never shot it over 150 meters, but it hit that 8” gong with power for sure!!! I’m going to shoot the 465 yard gong with my old Remington 700, ( y’all notice a trend here in my choice of bolt gun?) chambered in 30/06, next time I go there to shoot. Couple years ago, I acquired a substantial amount of Scot Brigadier 4831
So I figured I’d burn up some of it in some cast boolit loads! Good luck to you with that ‘06.

[Budzilla 19]

If it will load, I got the video.

[Budzilla 19]

Let’s try that again! Well, dang it, still can’t get this video to load!! Guess I’m stupid when it comes to this I pad!! I’m going to try later. Sorry, guys, I really wanted y’all to see that hit!!

[Budzilla 19]

Update on this thread!! I went to the range today, same rifle as listed in post #1, but I scrubbed the fire out of that bore, two fouling shots and then shot this group at 75 yards! We are making progress!

[sukivel]

I am going to have to try these again in my son’s.308 700. Before I had half of them sticking before I could get the bolt closed and there were groove marks on the bullets I got pulled out.

I pc’d and seated to the crimp groove as well.


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