Hello all. I need help id’ing a cast boolit. Can any of you 100 percent confirm what mold this came from? 30 cal and the gas check is already on it in these pictures. 210 grains.
Hello all. I need help id’ing a cast boolit. Can any of you 100 percent confirm what mold this came from? 30 cal and the gas check is already on it in these pictures. 210 grains.
Probably the Lee C309-200-R. Profile fits, weight matches, caliber is the same. If it quacks like a duck...
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^^^^^ a 311284
Originally Posted by Theodore Roosevelt
Looks like Lyman 311284 , and the Lyman description is 210 gr. Gas Check .
As near as I can tell it has the right number of lands and grooves on it and the nose shape looks right .
I'm voting for Lyman 311284 also !
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Thanks guys that’s what I was thinking but wasn’t sure. Now I gotta find one.
I have an order going into NOE anyway. Good call HADES.
Lyman 311284 are a very accurate boolit in my 30.06 Springfield!
Hold Still Varmint; while I plugs Yer!
Ten shots at 100yds. My Springfield has a 12X Leupold scope and a 1944 4 groove Remington barrel that has never seen "J" boolits.
Working with a GEW Mauser with FN military barrel that is showing promise.
Working with another 30.06 on another scoped GEW Mauser with an FN military barrel.
Hold Still Varmint; while I plugs Yer!
Where is the like button? What wood? It looks like Walnut other than the stripes.
Last edited by 45DUDE; 04-30-2023 at 02:25 AM.
How about possibly a Lyman 311299?
It is absolutely not a #311299. That's a completely different shaped bullet, but also a good one. The bullet in the OP's photo does look a lot like a #311284, but the tip of the nose looks just a little bit sharper: it might be a 311284 clone made by a mold manufacturer other than Lyman. I really like the 311284. It was designed for the 30-40 Krag, but works well in other 30 caliber cartridges. When shake-n-bake powder coated the nose of the bullet can sometimes become too large in diameter, and makes cartridges that are difficult to chamber. For me, where the #311284 really shines in in 7.7mm cartridges. I powder coat this bullet, then size to .312", and it is very accurate in my 7.65x53 Mauser. It may be a good bullet with 303 British, 7.62x54R, 7.7 Japanese, etc., but I don't own any of these. Cast, lubed, and sized .309" it has been a proven performer with many 30 caliber cartridges. A good bullet.
If maybe its not the 311284, could it be a 311290?
The pictures of the bullet isn't super clear for me when I click on them.
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 |