Anybody using this Mould

Gary

Gary

SE Kansas
Need some input about this bullet.
Waco, you haave a lot of 30 cal stuff; you have this one?

30 caliber 173 gr FN GC 311041
 
fiver

fiver

Well-Known Member
not my favorite mold.
it has done okay-ish in one 30-30 on top of unknown date [suspected ww-II surplus] 4831.
and my 03A3 likes it.
I only keep the mold because the 03A3 shoots it so well.
I got 3 other molds that do better in the 30-30.

I have seen it shoot pretty good in places it shouldn't and fail in places it should.
shrug..
 
RicinYakima

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Ideal introduced this one in 1906, the first 30 WCF bullet that had a gas check. The nose design was suppose to be created to Harry Pope's 32/40 hunting design. Like fiver, it has been hit and miss for me also. Works great in a 30/30 Handi-Rifle, fair in a Savage 99 30/30. When cast soft, it has a good reputation for killing deer, but haven't done it myself.
 
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Ole_270

Well-Known Member
Had one years ago while I still had a Win 94 30-30. Took several whitetails with it in fairly impressive fashion. It went down the road not long after that HEAVY trigger Win 94 Ranger did.
 
waco

waco

Springfield, Oregon
Gary said:
Need some input about this bullet.
Waco, you haave a lot of 30 cal stuff; you have this one?

30 caliber 173 gr FN GC 311041
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I had one a while back. It cast a bit too small for me. Sent it down the roads on the CB site....
 
462

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Tried without success to get my 03A3 to like it.

Actually, the mould is Lee's six-cavity group buy labeled 311-41, (after the original Ideal number?). Gave the mould to my son-in-law, to see if his Remington 721 likes it.
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
I bought my Lyman #311041 c. 2011, it casts well with 92/6/2 and falls out about .3115". It shoots neck-and-neck with Lyman #311291 group-wise in my Win 94, I haven't tried it in my Marlin 336/Ballard rifling yet. I have not run the "041" much past 1800 FPS in the 94, and I hit a coyote with a soft-pointed "041" at 115 yards for a BANG/flop a few years ago. It can stay.
 
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