Finally had a chance to fire up the casting furnace this afternoon. I had been needing to cast some boolits for my new to me
1885 US Springfield carbine.
I purchased a Lee mold 405 gr. HB .459 and poured 250 boolits, which will keep the ol' single shot busy for a while. I really enjoyed getting the casting furnace fired up for some boolit casting.
I haven't shot the carbine very much yet, I did load up some 300 jacketed with 11grs. of Unique. The 300's and unique were shooting a bit high at 50 yds., so I'm hoping the 405 gr. HB boolits will be closer to the factory sight.
What little I've shot the Springfield, I sure have been having fun with the carbine