30-30 and sized OO

[randyrat]

Alright! I found my bag of Kapok! I took an old life jacket apart a couple years ago and put the kapok in a bag, figuring I'll use it some day.
I'm going to start with some fast pistol powder and plan on using filler right away. Range report will follow. Wishing I didn't shoot my chronograph now.

[x101airborne]

1.5gr bullseye, pistol primer, winchester case, and sized 00 buck. 4 rounds touching at 30 yards. No filler needed, apparently.

[Rocky Raab]

As I said above, simple is best. Way to go, 101.

[randyrat]

Well, you all made sit back and think about this.
One of the reasons I make these are, I take my boy and sometimes a couple new shooters with me to the range. I go over the rules of the range/shooting/safety and turn them loose on their own shooting bench with a hundred to two hundred of these mouse loads. I hate to ruin a new shooter with heavy recoil and noise so these light bullets work great.
Well, I don't have the time to load a bunch of rounds with filler and we're not shooting any competition.
So simple is good, real good.

[geargnasher]

If they work well without filler and an extra dollop of lube all the better. I was only suggesting it because it can act as a lube swab and gas check with ultra-light loads, and I figured your super-soft b.s. with not much bearing surface and no lube groove needed all the help it could get to seal the bore and keep leading down.

Gear

[Dannix]

1.5gr bullseye, pistol primer, winchester case, and sized 00 buck. 4 rounds touching at 30 yards. No filler needed, apparently.

Why use pistol primer instead of rifle? I'm seen it done before, just curious. Thanks

[nanuk]

I just read an article in an old NRA Illustrated RELOADING HANDBOOK (1960?)
very interesting

[x101airborne]

Why use pistol primer instead of rifle? I'm seen it done before, just curious. Thanks

Well, im not sure...... just one of those things i tried and it worked. i read on here of people often using pistol primers with pistol powders and tried it. i think it was gearnasher possibly who explained that loads under 40,000 cup may respond well to pistol primer substitution. well, that seems like a majority of my cast loads.

dang i love this buckshot thing.....

45nut..... is this still goin sticky?

[Dannix]

I'm calculating a single 00 buck pellet at about 4.5 cents a pop, albeit that's based on a 5lb Hornady bag on Midway. Anyone else crunched the numbers?

[x101airborne]

Well, no i havent. I just use the buckshot that I carry all year on my boat, so the cost is negligable and excusable for me.

[HORNET]

Dannix, if you want to cut the cost a little more, Lee has an 18 cavity buckshot mold for $62 (#90486) http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/cata...w.html#shotgun
There's some discussion in this thread: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=99709
Oh, the pistol primers CAN give a little better accuracy in some loads. Apparently due to more moderate powder ignition. It's yet another one of those things that you can play with.

[Dannix]

Thanks Hornet. I'll pick up a box of pistol primers to tinker with then. I'm actually thinking about picking up BRP's 32ACP mold -- both for my 32ACP and for 30-30 plinking loads. Unfortunately I'm not in a situation where I can cast right now, so that's on hold. Hopefully budget will allow me to get in on the .30 cal "soup can" GB, and pick up a 110/130 grain mold for the 30-30.