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does anyone make a cast boolit mould with |
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TasunkaWitko 
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 Topic: does anyone make a cast boolit mould withPosted: 13 January 2007 at 06:49 |
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....a boat tail?
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Posted: 13 January 2007 at 07:33 |
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Nope. And you don't want one. They are not a good thing with cast. There is a reason, none are available!
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http://www.castboolits.gunloads.com/index.php? |
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Posted: 13 January 2007 at 07:38 |
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well then, that answers my question. i am guessing that gas checks have something to do with it? i was thinking that it might be beneficial in retained velocity/energy, and also with seating the boolit. sounds like it might be a waste of time, though and a neck-expander would serve me better. |
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Posted: 13 January 2007 at 11:32 |
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You want a perfectly flat base on the bullet. Boat tails, do funny
things to pressure, bullet slump, other oddities that don't work out
right. Avoid any rebated heels, as these generally show the same
problems, although to a lessor degree.
Most of my dies have neck expanders with them, so flairing is no problem. The dies without one, I take my toolman, open up the needle nose pliers, and give a light twist to the mouth. You don't need too much. |
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Posted: 13 January 2007 at 11:35 |
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waksupi, I hadnt thought of the neddle nose thing, thats kinda funny cause I use them to deburr lots of stuff. Rick |
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Posted: 19 March 2007 at 10:56 |
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You can probably get a bevel base, I shoot alot of BB .458/459 dia bullets with no problem in my 45-70 and 45-90
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Posted: 16 November 2007 at 15:54 |
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What caliber? NEI made one in 45 caliber. |
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Posted: 15 December 2007 at 11:01 |
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lee - i was thinking of .30 cal for my .30/30, but after reading comments here plus doing some reading of lyman and lee manuals, decided it might be a bad idea. |
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Posted: 15 December 2007 at 13:35 |
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Tas, if you wanna try some cast for your 30-30 I will send you some lubed with gas checks ready to load so you can play with them some, I always like to see someone get into cast boolits, they can be frustrating and very very satisfying.
Rick |
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Posted: 15 December 2007 at 15:26 |
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rick - i'd like to take you up on that. a few folks sent some to me years ago, but a bunch of doo-doo hit the fan right afterwards and we ended up moving, twice....the CBs that they sent were lost in the move. any issues with sizing? should i slug the bore of my marlin m336? |
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Posted: 16 December 2007 at 01:47 |
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I will send them to you sized at .309 they should shoot ok if they dont then you might want to slug your bore, I have Lyman 31141 that is a flat point 176gr boolit and also a Lyman 311291 about the same weight that is a round nose, also a Lee 120gr soupcan (roundnose) thats a lot of fun to play with. I have the best results with the 31141. take your pick.
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Posted: 16 December 2007 at 04:06 |
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since we both have marlins and you've had best luck with 31141, it sounds like that would be a winner! thanks, rick!
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