In your own situation.
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Rally Hess
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Ian,
I guess I shouldn't have called it the original. Seems there were at least three versions made with the same nose and different lube grooves, different manufactures. The newer mould carries an SC prefix. Emailed Ranch Dog from the NOE forum, and he said the original was better in the Marlin and the SC version in Winchester. Works for me, because I don't have any Winchesters anymore.
I guess I shouldn't have called it the original. Seems there were at least three versions made with the same nose and different lube grooves, different manufactures. The newer mould carries an SC prefix. Emailed Ranch Dog from the NOE forum, and he said the original was better in the Marlin and the SC version in Winchester. Works for me, because I don't have any Winchesters anymore.
bns454
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After alot of years trying to get good loads with undersize molds in handguns I bought some good ones and have a good load for each handgun.The only real success with rifle so far is 14g unique behind a 323471,sub MOA if my daughter does the shooting,I am about 1.5 with it.Size really matters in a handgun.And that RPM wall that we cant get past dont affect handguns much either.Did I say that ?
Have had some very accurate,easy to cast/load for handguns.A particular nice one is an old 744 DW.It's neat to see from a heavy BR style rest,the weight of the 429421's ...... with a cyl full vs picking one chamber.With a cyl full,you can see the effect of the weight change of cyl as it unloads.Shoots predictable round patterns,like those old trick shooters punching out faces N such.IOW's...the round group "clocks" in a circle,not random displacement. It's repeatable,that's how accurate they are with 429421/2400 loads.
Single cyl loading is one ragged hole.But this was back when I was going through handgun ammo.Put 15k rounds through a Python in one summer.98% of my handguns loads were CB's.Was shooting mostly outdoors but that's when I built our first indoor range so we could shoot at night too.Good times.
Single cyl loading is one ragged hole.But this was back when I was going through handgun ammo.Put 15k rounds through a Python in one summer.98% of my handguns loads were CB's.Was shooting mostly outdoors but that's when I built our first indoor range so we could shoot at night too.Good times.
Rcmaveric
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The Lee 277-135-rf for my Savage Axis II chambered in .270 Win. Sized to .280 and seated to .002 off the lands. I have been able to push that pill over 2000fps gascheck, PC'ed, greased, and Paper-patched. The NOE-266-125-gr for my 6.5 Grendel is another good one that has worked exceptional well in all the popular cast bullet powders up to 2000fps.
Next thread should be on problem childs that you cant make shoot.
Next thread should be on problem childs that you cant make shoot.
Lee C312-155-2R. I size .311" and crimp into the first driving band for the 300BLK. 15.8gr H110 chronos 1920fps from the 16" 1-8" barrel so what does that compute to 172K RPM? The same bullet over 19gr 2400 does 1875fps from my RGS with stellar accuracy. I shoot the CTL312-160-2R in my '06s over 23gr 5744, but I'm sure the lighter bullet would do just fine. The noses are too fat on either for my 30-30s.
Will
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I would love to hear about your experience with 6.5 Grendel. I just finished a 223 Wylde build and was looking at going 6.5 Grendel next or maybe buying one of the new Faxon 458 socom barrels.
Rcmaveric
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The .270 was a problem child and fail until i read Ed Harris's and Beagels articles on powders for cast bullets and another article about seating .002 off the lands from a random article I found on while researching. Most arricles recommend seating into the lands. It was the first ariticle i read that said not to and explained pressure and burns. So I tried it, and it helped. I emediatly noticed the difderence .002 makes. Went from a barely accurate @ 1650 fps to highly accurate at 2050 fps. I have picture records to track it all.
Rcmaveric
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I took Ed Harris's adivce about reloading 7.62x39. Reloader 7 and 2400 are MOA accurate and cycle the action. I measure seating depth to .002 off the lands. That length functioned and fit the mags. I reference the 7.62x39 because the are similar cases and lack of Grendel cast data. The grendel has a couple grains more powder capacity and smaller bore. I use 7.62x39 cases fire formed and just start low and work up. The Reloder 7 loads chrono at 2030fps.
Be carefull of a double charge with 2400. I have new Grendel now that needs to be load deceloped for. You can double charge that case and pressures will excede 100k psi. The firsr barrel was a BHW polygonal barrel. The new one is a midway special. Any ideas of what to do with my old barrel?
