Anyone Shooting the NOE 228-74-RN?

waco

Springfield, Oregon
My load was 22.5 gr of H4895 for almost 2800 fps with the 55 gr mold that Waco bought. Beautiful lines Ian.
I loaded up a few in the .221 Fireball with SR4759. 11.5gr-13gr. We will see how they do. Powder coated and sized to .225” seated to touch the lands.
 

fiver

Well-Known Member
swap the H for IMR and that's where I settled in too.
2800 is the number I recall also.
 

fiver

Well-Known Member
Waco is talking about the lyman he just got from Bass.
I'm using the rcbs or the HM-2 mold I designed.
 

Brad

Benevolent Overlord and site owner
Staff member
it seems to be lube like anyway, it has stuff in wax and goes on the bulletin the little strip of missing lead okay.
Does it really work? It isn’t one of those Lube Goldberg things, is it?
 

5shot

Active Member
Has anyone played with H380 in 223 bolt guns? My older Hodgdon manuals list it, and since it is so slow, I was thinking it would give the cast pill the gentle nudge that is often desired. I have a ton of WC852f, so I could shoot this thing until the gun fell apart and not run out.
 

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
I have had reasonable success with two 22 caliber cast bullets--the Lyman #225438 in 22 Hornet and RCBS 22-55-SP in 223 and 22-250. For a time, I had an NEI mould with two differing cavities--a 55 grain spire point and a 72 grain RN. The 55 grain casting did decent work, much like that of the RCBS SP. I could not get the 72 grain RN to shoot worth a cow flop at any speed, from 1400 to 2000 FPS in the 1-9" 223s. The slower twists in the 22-250s (1/12 and 1/14) weren't tried because I assumed they would be a waste of time and components after their behavior in 223--cartwheeling at worst, egg-shaped impacts in target paper and groups of about Improved Cylinder when run faster. I sold it to Bullshop some years back.
 

5shot

Active Member
try the rcbs 22-055s

I have the rifle in hand now, and unfortunately, I don't think this one will work. According to the NOE drawing it drops at 0.218 on the bore ride nose, and it will take at least 0.220 to engrave the rifling. The 74 grainer will work, and the 228-67-FN.
 

Ian

Notorious member
If it's an NOE mould it will probably drop .220" on the nose with straight wheelweights. I have the .228-67-FN and it drops .222" on the nose and front band, but .2258" on the driving bands with WW+some tin.