So as y'all know I've been messing with cart in my Mosin and today I experienced something with it I have experience with shooting cast yet. Leading. Noticed it at the table around the crown and picked at it a little and sure enough it's leading ( along with shooting all 20 test rounds before realizing my scope rings where loose )
No big deal I prepped in advance for this ( had to double check some stuff but I had what I needed still) but was confused as all get out . I mean I've shot cast out of my AR and .22hornet way faster then this with no problems . So while I was scrubbing her out I went down the check list and everything was there ,powder coat procedure, sizing, gas check, velocity,neck expansion...then something told me to check the alloy. Now I generally use a pretty hard alloy like 16 on the low side 19 -20 on the high side, because I play around with high-er velocity stuff alot. Well I got some sheet tin the other day which is supposed to be pure lead and supposed to be good for fill out so I've been adding a little to my mix thinking the little I've been adding shouldn't hurt too much.....yeah well I checked and according to my lee tester I'm at like 7.4bhn that is STUPID SOFT for anything other then paper patch of muzzleloaders as far as I'm aware ...least that's what all the books say ,so yeah....that explains that. Now I gotta try and dig though my wheel weight buckets to get enough clip on weights to make my old mix again ... Boy imma just order 50lbs of Lyman #2 alloy next month and just run off of that stuff for a while because this scrapping and scrounging for lead is for the birds lol. Not like I save money on this anyway
Another funny little learning experience
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