Have a puzzling bullet mold. 30 caliber (.310-11) 150 grain Gas Check SWC with dual crimp grooves. Looks like the old Thompson 38-357 SWC. Mold has no markings, no clue who made it, its made of steel. What is it for? why was it made?
Have a puzzling bullet mold. 30 caliber (.310-11) 150 grain Gas Check SWC with dual crimp grooves. Looks like the old Thompson 38-357 SWC. Mold has no markings, no clue who made it, its made of steel. What is it for? why was it made?
Sounds like a nice mold for one of the various "32" caliber guns built with 308 barrels.
+1 on the post above. Depending on the diameter it drops boolits at, any of the 32 S&W/32 H&R/327 Federal as well as the 32/20 are options.
I also sometimes shoot a similar boolit in my 30 calibre rifles as a squib load with good accuracy for short range plinking.
Keep your powder dry,
Scharf
Drops .310-.311, 150 grains. So its small for 32-20 and dang heavy for a pistol
Yes, that is small for the 32s. I'll bet it would be great for a Ruger 30 Carbine revolver.
Sounds like a great plinker for any of the 30 cal rifles too.
Keep your powder dry,
Scharf
311 from what alloy.
lino-type would get another .001
it'd be pretty good in a single shot handgun in say 30-30/32-20 like many of the contenders come with.
was using 92-6-2 alloy. It actually shot decent in a 03 Springfield. Plan to keep the mold and try in other rifles.
Its specs just don't add up easy to something I would expect someone to have had made.
coulda been for the Ruger 32-20 hawkeye target pistol.
a 150 swc would be a bit long but [shrug] it would be a pretty good 50 yd target bullet.
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 |