I bought into the thoughts of cast being worthless for years! Why? Because that is what all the "shooters" said.
Money being tight I tried cast. I won't lie,may first initial run with them was a mess, store bought. Ken Caldwell took me under his wing, long distance teacher or not he is the one that got me into this.
The only store bought CB's I have bought were some dead soft swaged stuff for a project. IMHO, majority of them are made to sell, accuracy is not even second or third. They are generic and the lube is not much more than crayons, made to look pretty and stay on during shipping. Yes their are exceptions,more so today with the PC stuff which I am still not completely sold on.
Best group ever shot with one of my milsurps was a Swede6.5x55. I was not the trigger man that day. 10 shot @100 iron sighted were just crazy, the first five we were not actually sure that five bullets made it to the target. After the last five were shot and target retrieved a couple of other guys on the line as much as accused the two of us of shooting jacketed.
That was the same day I handed out lesson with a 30-30 and 14" barreled pistol no less.
Shooting cast that one has cast themselves and achieving jacketed accuracy and at time speeds, is somthing one should be real proud of. I like the challenge, along with proving other wise to the nay sayers.
As of late I have gotten distracted with sub calibers, 17 and 20's. Such a hoot to play with. I have to really watch myself and not veer off to a .14
Money being tight I tried cast. I won't lie,may first initial run with them was a mess, store bought. Ken Caldwell took me under his wing, long distance teacher or not he is the one that got me into this.
The only store bought CB's I have bought were some dead soft swaged stuff for a project. IMHO, majority of them are made to sell, accuracy is not even second or third. They are generic and the lube is not much more than crayons, made to look pretty and stay on during shipping. Yes their are exceptions,more so today with the PC stuff which I am still not completely sold on.
Best group ever shot with one of my milsurps was a Swede6.5x55. I was not the trigger man that day. 10 shot @100 iron sighted were just crazy, the first five we were not actually sure that five bullets made it to the target. After the last five were shot and target retrieved a couple of other guys on the line as much as accused the two of us of shooting jacketed.
That was the same day I handed out lesson with a 30-30 and 14" barreled pistol no less.
Shooting cast that one has cast themselves and achieving jacketed accuracy and at time speeds, is somthing one should be real proud of. I like the challenge, along with proving other wise to the nay sayers.
As of late I have gotten distracted with sub calibers, 17 and 20's. Such a hoot to play with. I have to really watch myself and not veer off to a .14