Plinking Loads

[Ben]

My grandson ( age 9 ) informed me he wanted to go back to the range soon and shoot. I'm in the process of fitting a youth model butt stock on my Handi, 30-30 Win. rifle for him. I got my Lee , 6 cavity, 93 gr. RN mould out this morning and cast with it. The mould makes beautiful bullets and will make a pretty good pile quickly. I sized these to .311" dia. The little bullet carries plenty of lube to the end of the barrel. I shoot 4.0 grs. of B'Eye with this bullet in 30-30 cases. It is very accurate out to 50 yards.
I figure the benefits of this one are :

• Low recoil
• Low muzzle blast
• Cheap to shoot
• Saves lead

This one will basically turn my 30-30 rifle into a 32 H&R Mag. with the load I've described. Should make a great training load for Trevor.

Ben

These 6 cavity moulds can crank them out ! ! !

My mould blocks say 93, but my scales say LESS...........

Doesn't take very long to make several hundred.

 

[James Nicholson]

Do you lube both grooves? The one in your hand looks like a crimping groove ahead of the second groove. Would you post a picture of one loaded?

 

[Ian]

Those work really well. So does the 120 2R version. About 3.5 -4 grains of Titegroup and a LPP, with just enough flare left on the case mouth to scuff the chamber neck makes a nail-driver too. I tend to use one light coat of BLL for mine after dry-sizing .310", I tried lubing the grooves but for popgun stuff it shoots as well or better with BLL and it's so easy and fast, why not?

 

[oscarflytyer]

Yer gonna spoil that kid! lol!

 

[Ben]

Here they are drying.
Bottom lube groove filled, then they are rolled in BLL.
Maybe this will keep him busy for awhile ?

 

[Ian]

Ought to. When he goes through that, maybe time for the first handloading lesson?

 

[Ben]

Ian,

He is very much interested in handloading right now.
At age 9, I think he may need a couple of more yrs. of maturity before starting handloading, and then he would have to be VERY closely supervised.

Ben

 

[Brother_Love]

Ben,
We live in a world we have to teach our kids and grandkids about firearms and firearm safety. We used to have rifle shooting as kids in school and scouts, not much anymore.

I just joined a range 2 hrs from my home so I could pick up my granddaughter and take her there to learn about firearms and shooting. She lives 5 minutes from that range.

That little bullet of yours looks like a good turtle shooter too. I got a pond full of them.

Malcolm

 

[Ben]

That little bullet of yours looks like a good turtle shooter too. I got a pond full of them.

Malcolm

Yes, you're right.
I doubt that the turtles would like this one very much.

Ben

 

[Ian]

Managing a turtle herd from a high river bank back in high school is how I learned Unique is position-sensitive in the .30-30 case. That's also how I learned to hold low when shooting downhill.

 

[creosote]

I still like single shots. I'm sure its because I did most of my first shooting with one. Not to mention kintuky windug.
Your doing a great job.

 

[Ben]

Yer gonna spoil that kid! lol!

Can't ......He is already spoiled !
Ben

 

[35 Whelen]

You're a good Grandpa Ben.....any kid would be lucky to get to shoot like that.

 

[Ben]

Thanks !
I hope I'm worthy of a portion of your comments.
I hope he will be a real shooter some day................

Ben

 

[KHornet]

Love those 6 cav lee's Ben, they are the
cat's whatever for production.

Paul

 

[Ian]

"Pajamas".

 

[35 Whelen]

Thanks !
I hope I'm worthy of a portion of your comments.
I hope he will be a real shooter some day................

Ben

Well you're starting him of on the right foot that's for sure. I look back and wished I had started that young....well maybe I did, but a pellet gun is hardly a start compared to the real McCoy

 

[Ben]

We are emphasizing SAFETY ! !
On the way home, I ask him 5 questions about our safety rules, he answered all the questions flawlessly.
I think his shooting skills will improve with time, BUT we must do all of it in a super safe range safety environment.

 

[Reloader762]

Besides being a nice little plinking bullet for most any 30 cal. rifles it's a great little bullet to cast for the 7.62 x 25 as well. I have the two banger version that I cast bullets for my brother, he doesn't shoot his CZ-52 that much so the two cavity works just fine for my production needs.