Spindrift
Well-Known Member
This NOE- mold was previously known as 311-122- FN (which is stamped on mine). It is the NOE- version of the Ideal 311654 Lovereign design. Below is a screenshot from an old Ideal manual, showing the original bullet.
I have a 4 cavity mold, 50/50 gc/pb. I have shot it a little, but other projects have been in focus since I got this mold. Today, I decided to shoot some nice, friendly loads in my Rem 700, .30-06. I have lttle practical experience with such «low node» load development, but have learned quite a bit on this forum! Alloy was nuclear medicine lead with 2% tin, pencil hardness number 12- ish. PB- bullets weigh 130grs, unchecked GC- bullets 127 grs. Sized .3105.
Norma range pick-ups, CCI LRP. 5 different powders (fishing!); Universal 8,5/9grs, Vectan Prima V 8/8,5grs, Viht N32c 8,5/9 grs, IMR PB 8/8,5 grs, Vectan Ba9, 8,5/9grs. Tumble lubed bullets.
Shot at 100m from prone, with support on a bag. No wind. Still unmodified, original trigger (a bit heavy). Results were not really remarkable, but I consider it a good start. With each powder, I had roughly 2 MOA group with 5 shots with one of the loads. The best group was with N32c, 9grs. Something to build on, at least. I like this bullet!
I have a 4 cavity mold, 50/50 gc/pb. I have shot it a little, but other projects have been in focus since I got this mold. Today, I decided to shoot some nice, friendly loads in my Rem 700, .30-06. I have lttle practical experience with such «low node» load development, but have learned quite a bit on this forum! Alloy was nuclear medicine lead with 2% tin, pencil hardness number 12- ish. PB- bullets weigh 130grs, unchecked GC- bullets 127 grs. Sized .3105.
Norma range pick-ups, CCI LRP. 5 different powders (fishing!); Universal 8,5/9grs, Vectan Prima V 8/8,5grs, Viht N32c 8,5/9 grs, IMR PB 8/8,5 grs, Vectan Ba9, 8,5/9grs. Tumble lubed bullets.
Shot at 100m from prone, with support on a bag. No wind. Still unmodified, original trigger (a bit heavy). Results were not really remarkable, but I consider it a good start. With each powder, I had roughly 2 MOA group with 5 shots with one of the loads. The best group was with N32c, 9grs. Something to build on, at least. I like this bullet!