WTB / WTT for cast boolits in .329 - .332 diameter

[Jedman]

Here’s a odd boolit I need. I recently bought a antique rimfire rifle that I want to make shoot again the bore is in great condition and after slugging shows a groove diameter of .330. The twist is about 1- 22” as far as I can tell so I need a boolit somewhere in the .329 to .332 diameter range that isn’t a long heavy rifle bullet. With the twist rate I have and shooting black powder I think I need to stay with boolits no heavier than maybe 140 grs. + or -
I am converting 32-20 brass to rimfire and cannot find a boolit near the size I need.
If anyone casts something close to this size maybe I can make them work.
I will buy them from you or trade you for , J bullets, die sets, brass etc. I have a lot of surplus STUFF.

Or if anyone casts really short .338 cal. I could size them down ?

Let me know if you have anything like this as my only other thought was to make a couple of push thru dies and start with a pure lead ball and squeeze them down thru a couple homemade dies until I have a jelly bean like boolit that would fit ?

Thanks, Jedman

[triggerhappy243]

have you looked at accurate molds?

[TurnipEaterDown]

LEE Makes a 200+ grain mold for the 8x56, stated as 0.330. You could cut the base of the mold on a mill to reduce shank, and make a fixture to trim nose after casting, if you do not need large quantities. One (possibly cheap, if you have mill access) way to do it, or at least make samples.

[Jedman]

Thank you both for the replies and ideas. Buying a proper mold would be the best idea but this rifle is a pristine collectible rifle and I doubt I will fire it much more than a few times to prove I can do it. I have like a hundred other rifles to cover every need a dozen times over but this is just one of them can I do it projects and don’t want to put a lot of money in a mold.
I do have a mill and thought of modifying that Lee mold you are speaking of but the small case and chamber I am working with require a short OAL bullet to be workable.

Another thought came to me while looking at that Lee bullet for the 8 x 56 is if I could buy some of those from someone that did not have the gas check installed I could cut them off where the bore riding diameter starts and load them upside down with the gas check base being the bullet nose . Maybe ??

Thanks, Jedman

[Jedman]

Thanks to all of you who posted. I have found several choices to try with the help of one of our members.
I will have a wad cutter type with lube grooves, a heeled boolit that I will try with a paper patch and a smooth sided bollit that I will knurl the bearing surface and lube with a black powder lube soft enough to spin off while spinning down the bore.
At least one of them should be just what I am looking for.

Thanks, Jedman