Decided to switch the old JC Higgins 51-L 308 from plinking loads to deer hunting loads for the upcoming early doe season. As I've posted here in the past I've been using the NOE version of the #315, gc'd, pc'd and water dropped out of the oven the last few years. I've thought a few times that I wasn't getting much expansion since the deer usually ran about 80-100 yards. The original alloy was roughly 3% Sb. Last year I put some of the bullets back in the oven for about 45 minutes to an hour and air cooled them. Never had tested them. This morning I dug some out, loaded them in LC cases with S&B primers, 34 grains of N202 for a load that a few years ago tested at 2050 fps. Had to adjust the scope some.
Made the adjustment.
Guess it will work, no leading when I cleaned it. Didn't think it was too bad considering I was fighting Wrist braces(for carpel tunnel) on both hands and the trigger finger has a pretty good buzz going.
Made the adjustment.
Guess it will work, no leading when I cleaned it. Didn't think it was too bad considering I was fighting Wrist braces(for carpel tunnel) on both hands and the trigger finger has a pretty good buzz going.