quicksylver
Well-Known Member
No you won't find it in their catalogue..it's me destroying another mold...
I got bored this week with the weather and all..so on the spirit of the moment I decided what the heck Lee molds are inexpensive enough and it does have two cavities so why not ...out came the 5/16" HS bit and the mold..
With out any fanfare I chucked up the bit ,set the depth stop..turn on the drill press and took aim...
BOY THOSE ARE SOFT...ZIP...deed done..
I had some alloy in the pot so that got heated up...I cast 16 or so ..culled aggressively...and got 15 that I thought may shoot......lubed them up with BR and lightly rolled them in BLL...
I was going to try them in the 30-30 first but the weather is not so good for iron sights right now...so the Remington 700 .308VS was chosen..it's got a scope ..at least I can see the target in this weather..
Using what little knowledge and experience I have I decided to try two loadings ..one with 7.8 grains of Universal and one with 7.5...Thinking 7.5 was a little low I only loaded 5 rounds of those..like I said I only have a little experience.. the target proved me wrong.."AGAIN"
100 yds off bags..
Well.. whatever.. the gas check version of this bullet works well in the 700...I guess the Bubba'd Plain Base is going to as well...happy days..got to get bored more often...
I got bored this week with the weather and all..so on the spirit of the moment I decided what the heck Lee molds are inexpensive enough and it does have two cavities so why not ...out came the 5/16" HS bit and the mold..
With out any fanfare I chucked up the bit ,set the depth stop..turn on the drill press and took aim...
BOY THOSE ARE SOFT...ZIP...deed done..
I had some alloy in the pot so that got heated up...I cast 16 or so ..culled aggressively...and got 15 that I thought may shoot......lubed them up with BR and lightly rolled them in BLL...
I was going to try them in the 30-30 first but the weather is not so good for iron sights right now...so the Remington 700 .308VS was chosen..it's got a scope ..at least I can see the target in this weather..
Using what little knowledge and experience I have I decided to try two loadings ..one with 7.8 grains of Universal and one with 7.5...Thinking 7.5 was a little low I only loaded 5 rounds of those..like I said I only have a little experience.. the target proved me wrong.."AGAIN"
100 yds off bags..
Well.. whatever.. the gas check version of this bullet works well in the 700...I guess the Bubba'd Plain Base is going to as well...happy days..got to get bored more often...
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