Aladdin's HCB .30 cal. Plain base

[Ben]

I have an old Lee , Aladdin's Spire point .30 cal. mould.
It is a single cavity group buy from 20 years ago.
It shot well as a g/c mould.

I shot some through my Ruger # 1 , 308 Win. Stainless Sporter rifle. 18.5 grs. IMR 4198, , sized .310 with the Lee Push Thru sizers , Lars 2500 lube , with Win. Large Rifle Primers.

Results speak for themselves ( 80 yards , 5 shots fired off the bench , rifle resting in sand bags )

I have all kinds of .30 cal. gas check moulds, ( most likely way more than any one person needs ) today I decided to plain base this single cavity mould.

I was well pleased with the work done on the removal of the g/c shank.

There is an " Old Wive's Tale " that spire pt. cast bullets won't shoot..........I have not found that to be true !

Here is the bullet after me removing the g/c shank this morning. The base of the bullet is plenty thick enough to offer a great gas seal, the base now is .313", I size most of my plain base .30 cal. bullets to .311", as I have these today.

I seriously doubt that these cast bullets will loose much speed as they travel down range.

They are pretty aerodynamic.

Lubed with Ben's Red and sized to .311"
I don't crimp , so.........I just filled both rings with Ben's Red.
I'll experiment , I may lube some with only the bottom ring filled , shoot them in a Side X Side test with the bullets that have both rings filled and see if there is any difference in accuracy.

These have been sized .311" , lubed with Ben's Red and then rolled in BLL.
They are on the drying rack , I'll load some tomorrow.

 

[quicksylver]

Ben..you ARE something else....

Nice shooting....BTW...as well as graphics...group , bullet...target.

Would you like to trade a Rem 700 bull barrel for that Ruger No 1 ?....

Those bullets are interesting...they look like they have a LONG bearing surface, which I am sure makes them capable of shooting like they do.

I should think they would be an awesome PB bullet as well...maybe one to try @ 100 YDS?

 

[Creeker]

Good stuff

 

[Ben]

Dan,

I was shooting a Modern Bond 190 gr. plain base cast bullet a couple of years ago that reminded me a lot of this bullet I have today.

The Modern Bond shot great. I'm hoping the same for this one.

Ben
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American Select powder, 7.5 grs.
Modern Bond 190 gr. cast bullet - plain base bullet
Air cooled wheel weights
Rear groove ( only ) Lubed with Ben's Red
Sized .311"
Fed 210 large rifle primer,
Savage 110 Rifle , Heavy Barrel - 308 Win.
20 Power scope
5 rounds @ 50 yds.

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That's a 3/4 " aiming square to help keep things in perspective.

Here is a photo of the Modern Bond 190 gr. plain base bullet.

 

[quicksylver]

I do remember that Ben...another interesting bullet, again sufficient bearing surface.

Too bad .30 cal bullets outside of those for the .300BO seem to have lost interest with most shooters.

BTW while I have you on the phone...how do you think a HP 30 Hunter would perform?

 

[quicksylver]

Ben....Just got to laughing.
During matches if I shot a group like that the only comment one of my mentors would make was," What happen to that one ?",
referring to the bullet that wasn't touching the others....

 

[Ben]

I do remember that Ben...another interesting bullet, again sufficient bearing surface.

Too bad .30 cal bullets outside of those for the .300BO seem to have lost interest with most shooters.

BTW while I have you on the phone...how do you think a HP 30 Hunter would perform?

Interesting you'd ask that question.
I'm thinking about ordering one.
Does that answer your question ?

Ben

 

[quicksylver]

It's a shooter for sure maybe you'll beat me to it as a matter of fact I know you will

 

[KHornet]

A very interesting back and forth thread!

 

[Klaus]

Hi Ben, very good target work and nice looking Bullets


Klaus

 

[Ben]

Klaus,

Do you also shoot plain base bullets out of your rifles ?

Ben

 

[JWFilips]

Ben,
To put it doubly ….that is a sharp bullet! Nothing wrong with the performance of that one I bet the PB version you created will also be a winner!
New knew Lee made such a sharp spitzer mould
Jim

 

[Klaus]

Hi Ben, i am on the way, my first try to change a Lee 175 grs GC Mould into a plain base was horribile
and the cavity was damaged finaly
but i was looking fwd to find a successful result .....
Klaus

 

[Ricochet]

I have one of the original .30 HBC moulds. I've had good success with it in my .300 Weatherby.

 

[Ben]

Ben,
To put it doubly ….that is a sharp bullet! Nothing wrong with the performance of that one I bet the PB version you created will also be a winner!
New knew Lee made such a sharp spitzer mould
Jim

Jim

This was a special order mold from Lee. Not a reg. Catalog item.