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    Cast in Spanish Destroyer?

    Anybody shooting cast boolits out of a Destroyer?
    What is the twist rate of the barrel?

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    I used to shoot cast 115 grainers out of it and used data from the old Lyman cast manual for 38 acp. Have not shot mine in 10 years through.


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    My Spanish Destroyer was just a shooter having a rather plain slab sided stock, not the better military looking stocks I've seen on many. I set the barrel 1/2 turn back so the chamber would headspace on 38 Super cases [Starline was not yet making the 9mm Largo case]. I removed the poorly made rear sight and put an aperture rear sight on the receiver, The front sight band was rotated 180 degrees and modified to mount a M14 front sight on it. The barrel was D&Td to mount a Contender Weaver base for mounting a red dot sight forward of the receiver.

    The twist on my barrel is 1 - 18-9". While I have shot TL358-158-SWCs, 358477s and 358156 in it with a modicum of success at 50 yards it really favors the Lee 356-120-TC loaded over 3 gr of Bullseye or WST for 975 fps. For jacked bullets I tested 88 up through 125 gr .356 and .357 diameter pushing some incredible velocities pushing 1800 fps.

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    122-125 gr coated bullet (.356").
    4.6 grs Unique worked well
    or
    3.2 grs BullsEye
    Just be careful with that extractor.

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    Ah yes, forgot to mention the mod to keep the extractor in place.

    A small piece of drill rod was cut to length to fit in the slot in the extractor. That keeps the extractor from sliding forward when extracting a case. The diameter of the drill rod was small enough to allow a shim to go over/around it in the slot. The shim has legs bent out on each side under the extractor to hold it in place. Have not had any extraction/extractor problems since this mod.

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    Thanks for the tip Larry!
    I am glad to hear that the twist rate is suitable for cast boolits!
    It will be cheaper to shoot than a 22RF!

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    The only problem i have with my Destroyer now is my wife thinks its hers and my part is to keep it clean and load the ammo........
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