I just picked up a sporterized 1903a3. RA 5-44 barrel on a Natl. Ord. receiver seated in a very nice Bishop walnut stock. My initial thought was to possibly have it rechambered to 35 Whelen by JES, but after reading up on the NO receivers, I've decided to keep it in '06 and make it primarily a cast boolit shooter.
I read the sticky about using 16gr of 2400 under a 170-180gr boolit as a "universal" load in these vintage military rifles. This sounds just about right for what I would like to do. My question is, is there a preferred bullet weight and/or profile that the '03 seems to prefer? I'd like to buy a few bullets to begin with, then eventually get a mold and start making my own. I have all the tools to do it, and maybe this rifle will be the one that finally pushes me to start casting!
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