TOW just got in 6 cavity round ball molds in .520 for the Santa Fe Hawkins rifles or others that take a smaller dia ball to fit properly.
TOW just got in 6 cavity round ball molds in .520 for the Santa Fe Hawkins rifles or others that take a smaller dia ball to fit properly.
Life member NRA and Texas State Rifle Assoc.
Big bore air rifle shooter
I suggest anyone with a Thompon Center of any model try a .520" ball. Even if you are happy with your accuracy, try a .520" ball and thick patch. I have yet to find any other combo that will shoot this good in any TC. I have this .520" mold and it is a great mold. I would rather have paid for a 2 cavity, but this way I can knock out a years worth of balls in no time.
Any custom barrel I have ever had seems to like a .520.
The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
John Taylor - "African Rifles and Cartridges"
Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!
Track also has the .526 rb mold. I've been using the .520 and the .526 both. My Renegade likes both
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 |