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    Success is sweet

    Ever since I made the hard decision to completely convert from j-word to cast boolits it’s been quite the roller coaster ride. But through much trail and testing things are looking positive. My son got his first beck last week and first cast kill as well with the 30-30. Tonight I got my first of the season. An nice meat doe. My biggest obstacle with cast is building confidence in the load and projectile.” We” the consumer have been coached and conditioned my the market to only have faith in what we’re supplied with. And turning away from the marketed product and converting to what’s not popular is a daunting task. Things are looking upClick image for larger version. 

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    well congratulations on your doe
    yes you are rite the market is trying to focus or attention and wallets
    on their products but we as casters know that they are not the only game in town
    remember if you want something done rite do it yourself
    Hit em'hard
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    Nice job! This cast boolit addiction is fun. Congrats to you and your son!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dman75 View Post
    Nice job! This cast boolit addiction is fun. Congrats to you and your son!
    Thanks. My sons deer

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    Congratulations on the doe- they eat really well! Did you also use the 30-30 for yours?

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    Congrats to both of y’all. What bullet in 30-30?

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    Nice congrats

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    Congratulations on the deer.
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    Way cool.

    Yeah, most people think you can hunt or hit anything without using the latest and greatest fad cartridge in the gun comic books.

    There's probably been more deer killed with a .30-30 than most other cartridges combined.
    With cast 170s you can pump 'em up to factory/jacketed speeds, and the wound channel they leave is something to behold.
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    For some reason I can’t reply to the comments and answer you guys individually. I keep getting an error saying enter 3 or more characters.


    Anyway the cartridge I used was 308 Winchester out of my savage axis. Shooting the 150 grain FNHP from M&P molds on top of Reloader 7. My most accurate load. Bullet is powder coated blue in middle row

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    Congratulations to both you and your boy on a successful hunt! However, the current "market" would try to convince you that the venerable 30/30 is insufficient for deer hunting and you NEED a 300 BO or some other fantastic new cartridge to actually kill a deer! My very first rifle was a 30/30 and I STILL hunt with it!
    Old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyway!

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    Quote Originally Posted by stubshaft View Post
    Congratulations to both you and your boy on a successful hunt! However, the current "market" would try to convince you that the venerable 30/30 is insufficient for deer hunting and you NEED a 300 BO or some other fantastic new cartridge to actually kill a deer! My very first rifle was a 30/30 and I STILL hunt with it!
    I refuse to conform and hop on the 300 blackout or creedmore or any of the current bandwagons. There’s nothing they can market that hasn’t been done already.

    That being said I wouldn’t mind having a 350 legend only because a 358 Winchester or 35 Remington seem impossible without winning the lottery

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    Thanks for sharing, that’s a nice looking bullet.

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    sloughfoot; If you don't mind, What load are you using in that Savage It's probably got a 1:10 twist. I'm just curious & that killed the cat. 06

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    Quote Originally Posted by sloughfoot View Post
    For some reason I can’t reply to the comments and answer you guys individually. I keep getting an error saying enter 3 or more characters.


    Anyway the cartridge I used was 308 Winchester out of my savage axis. Shooting the 150 grain FNHP from M&P molds on top of Reloader 7. My most accurate load. Bullet is powder coated blue in middle row

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    So that's what turned that Doe blue!

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    Size/Prime a few cases when starting off with a progressive and put them aside. You can plug them back into the process when a bad/odd case screws up in the priming station and continue loading.

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    Quote Originally Posted by versa-06 View Post
    sloughfoot; If you don't mind, What load are you using in that Savage It's probably got a 1:10 twist. I'm just curious & that killed the cat. 06
    The 150 grain hollow point is 28 grain reloader 7 and the 170 grain Lee flat nose is 31 grains 3031

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    another success story with reloader 7 under a cast boo lit .

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    Quote Originally Posted by sloughfoot View Post
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    Thanks. My sons deer
    love the smile congrats
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    Quote Originally Posted by 4719dave View Post
    love the smile congrats
    Thank you sir

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check