Hello All,
My first post, tho I have scoured your forum, until my eyes have bled.
Thank you for allowing me to join. Please excuse me, if I have placed this post, in wrong location.
I am a retired Steamfitter ( boilermaker/ pipe welder) , and retired FD Captain, that has inherited my father’s reloading gear. I have used the data that I have found here, and in several load manuals, to successfully cast and reload my .35 Rem, .38 spl, .357 mag, .45 ACP and even .223 for a M&P 15. I thank you all, so much.
I have recently acquired the following Lee molds: C309-180-R and C309-170-F
I want to make .308 reloads for my friends with AR platforms, as well as for my Gun. Sgt USMC Ret. brother. He was a Scout/ Sniper Instructor at Quantico… so you KNOW he’s got a Rem 700, lol.
My problem is finding load data, as I am getting confused with the molds. I’m working out of Lyman’s cast boolit handbook 4th edition, at the moment. ( I do have a few others on order, and maybe this issue will resolve itself) I was able to find all the data for the Lee boolits for my handguns, listed above , here.
Also, because of my current situation, I am handcuffed to the ridiculous amount of H335, that I have on hand, for .35 Rem and .223
In the Lyman CB handbook, there is only one Lee mold, listed, and it is not one of mine.
Question One:
There is a Lyman # 311332 which is also a 180 gr boolit , has an OAL , and has a min / max charge listed for H335… but it is a spire point, and mine is a round. Can I use this data for reloading my Lee C309-180-R ?
Question Two:
Which data can I use for my Lee C309-170-F ?
There is #311041 , that is a 173 gr boolit, with a flat nose ( like mine ) and it has min/max H335 loads, as well as an OAL listed. ( I’m hoping that’s the ticket ! )
There is # 311291 , that is a 170 gr boolit ( like mine ) but it is a round nose, and it has no data for H335.
I’m not expecting or trying to make match quality rounds here, just trying to give some friends and family some inexpensive rounds that we can take to the range, and have a nice day.
Thank you all, for any help,
Ken