Can you shoot 3006 without gas checks? I've never shot cast boolits in a rifle and was wondering if I could save the $$$ gas checks would cost.
Kevin
Can you shoot 3006 without gas checks? I've never shot cast boolits in a rifle and was wondering if I could save the $$$ gas checks would cost.
Kevin
Of course you can. Use a plain base mold and shoot away. At a guess you would essentially be turning the 30-06 into a functional 30-30. By that I mean loading it to shoot at 30-30 velocities.
Wayne the Shrink
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I shoot both .22 and 6mm bullets that are from gas check molds (RCBS)without the gas check and can't tell any difference from those with gas checks.
Thanks for the info. I was thinking about 150 or 170 grain for plinking. At what point do I need gas checks?
Kevin
At about 1500 you will probably need them
Size them .301 and patch them back up. Load like jacketed and go shooting!
Depends a lot on your alloy, boolit fit, etc.,etc.
I run some to about 1800 with no prblems and others say they get more.
The more you experiment, the more you get to shoot.
grit yer teeth an pull the trigger
Greetings The experimenting part is the best. Just start out around 1600 fps without GC and move up about 100 fps with 3 cartriges.. It depends on your barrel.. lube.. powder.. mix.. bullet style.. and how you squint through your shooting eye. Water dropped linetype can get moving fast... 40-1 lead can plod along rather respecfully. But every barrel is PEEEE-QUUUU-LIAR so remember not to try to interchange Max loads without GC from one 30 cal to another. I did once !
But every barrel is PEEEE-QUUUU-LIAR so remember not to try to interchange Max loads without GC from one 30 cal to another. I did once !
So what happened? Did you get to see the silver stream from a different perspective?
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 |