NOE 311284 HP'd by Erik

[Doby45]

Dang now I gotta get me one, Thanks.. I am still waiting on my 3 MiHecs

[AnthonyB]

Ben:
Great thread on the 35-200 conversion, and I can't believe I missed that one when it first came out. I have the NOE 3589 with a HP cavity, and Rick converted a Lyman 358318 for me. I haven't had much luck with the 3589 in the Whelen (16 twist Remington) but it has been great in the 356 Winchester. I plan to test the 358318 in the Whelen this fall.
I'll definitely send pictures when the moulds get back - Rick has always exceeded expectations in every way!
Tony

[Ben]

Thanks Tony

Yes, keep me up to the minute with some photos of your mold, we'd all like to see them.

Best,

Ben

[Doby45]

Thanks to you Ben I just ordered a 2 cavity NOE mold just like yours.

[Ben]

See ......you're helping out the economy. That's great !

[Larry Gibson]

Ben

Based on my experience with HPs in 311041, 311299 and 323471 Pin D in that 311284 cast of WW/lead at 50/50 will give excellent results on deer in your target velocity range. Expansion will be better tha straight WWs with the expansion petals not shearing off as easily. Pin B is a little too long as I've found a HP that is only about 2/3 the length of the nose works best. Both will certainly kill a deer though. Just my thoughts.

Larry Gibson

[Ben]

Larry ,

I certainly respect your opinion.
I think you are right on target with your views and comments !

Ben

[madsenshooter]

Ben, I just got some range time with this bullet out of my Krag today. A caseful of WC860 produced an avg velocity of 1807fps and a SD of 21. I believe I used Rem 9 1/2M and will try to get the SD down by using WLRM primer next go round. Accuracy was nearly on par with some Nosler 168s I had loaded to 2000fps! I was fireforming 303 Brit brass and was quite surprised by the accuracy. Judging by the reaction of a 10", 1/2" thick steel plate, if you hit a deer with any of your bullets, it's going down! If the chain holding the steel plate was a bit longer I do believe it would have wrapped over the crossbar above. This was at 100yds. Used to hitting the plates with 123gr bullets at 2400fps and seeing them barely move, I was very impressed. Whop! Forgot to mention I was using Blammer's checks, Hornady's shaved and the bullets weren't too accurate after that.

[Ben]

madsenshooter:

Thanks for the range report. Yes, they certainly should be some hard hitting cast loads.

White tail deer beware........! This is with HP pin " B ", Lee Nose 1st sizer, sized to .310 " with Ameri-max .014 thickness g/c :



Ben

[hollow-point]

love those hollow-points. keep them coming.