David Reiss
Active Member
I have a friend who does not cast or hasn't yet. He has always been of the opinion that all lead bullets "lead". Over the years I have shot with him many, many times and he would never even try them, what a hardhead. But recently he bought a .44 mag Herter's Powermag and fell in love with it. He then started asking more questions about my .401s and decided he wanted one also. He thought he would shoot jacketed bullets for the .38-40 which are sized .400 - .401. I told him the bore of the .401 powermag would be .403-.404 and the cylinder throats would be about about .405, making bullets sized to .405 to be the best for accuracy. One of mine accurately is more accurate than the other two with .406 CBs.
Well a little range time with the .38-40 bullets and not the best accuracy, he decided to try some cast .405s - NOE 403-200-WFN GC, I gave him. To make a long story short, he shot a nice WT buck today with one of those NOEs at 45 yards from a tree stand. He was so pleased he called to tell me & asked me to help him get started on casting. He's no longer a hardhead, not because he finally snapped about cast bullets, but because he's bringing me some venison.
Well a little range time with the .38-40 bullets and not the best accuracy, he decided to try some cast .405s - NOE 403-200-WFN GC, I gave him. To make a long story short, he shot a nice WT buck today with one of those NOEs at 45 yards from a tree stand. He was so pleased he called to tell me & asked me to help him get started on casting. He's no longer a hardhead, not because he finally snapped about cast bullets, but because he's bringing me some venison.