Howdy,
Been a while since trespassing here.
I have several Marlin .35 Remington w/ the more modern Micro Groove rifling and load light loads using 180 grain .358 diameter hard cast..........like over 8 grains of Unique.
Groups are questionable. I blame the Micro Groove rifling because I am obviously not pushing said bullet too fast.
My old 1951 waffle top produces better groups with these same loads.
So......... I have Lee molds but my sizer is only .358. Am not sure the Lee molds produce a .359 or capable of sizing to .359 straight out of the mold. In other words, maybe getting a lee .359 sizer won't do any good on bullets that fall out of the mold at .358-359?
So guess my question is: Where can I find a source for hard cast .359" in a 180-200 grain range at a reasonable price? (not 30 cents each!!! like some places charge) OR............should I consider .360 diameter for Micro Groove??
Thanks to y'all in advance. Bo in NC