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CZ93X62

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
I like having a "track record" for the propellants I'm using that I can dig into. I did snag a pound of CFE Pistol earlier this year, and ran some through my 45 ACP and AR sideiron in April and May. It ran fine, no mushroom clouds or other anomalies. I do wonder about all of the hype surrounding these "New Process" powders. As for "Copper Fouling Elimination", usage of cast bullets is 100% successful in preventing copper fouling. Those of us here resolved those questions decades ago, so I. DON'T. GET. IT.
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Jeff H said:
Agreed, which is why it's dangerous to make solid assertions without some form of reference to other versions.

I wast told by my dad, who was the wisest man in the world when I was a kid, that the 30-30 started out with .307" bullets. When we first started loading for my new Savage 24V, he dug out boxes of .307" bullets! I never looked into it much, but I did run across one of those boxes a few weeks ago while inventorying his stuff. Turned out they shot fine, but the .308" bullets did too and were more common.

"Hornet started out with .223" barrels, because so many of the first ones were re-chambered rim-fire barrels screwed onto center-fire actions..."

I have one of his moulds which casts .228", which he said was for the Savage Hi-Power.

Funny thing on the 303 Savage - I found an old box of 30-30s in a junk box in a gun store when I was a kid and took it to show my dad. He looked and mumbled some unkind words about the "303 Savage" and went back to what he was doing. Huh?? I looked, and sure enough, it was a box of 303 Savage ammo, not 30-30 Winchester or 30 WCF. After that, I never paid the 303 Savage any mind and couldn't say today what diameter bullets it uses without looking it up.

I won't argue any of those points too stubbornly. I'd have to research further and then still, there's usually more than one story. You can't just pick one version and assume that's all there is to it.
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I still have a couple boxes of .307 Sierra 30-30 bullets. Most people won't believe it! Reading the old books you will find the Hornet varied all over the place, as did a mess of others back in the day. And to this day people will tell you the 303 Savage uses .311 bullets, and they may be right, or not! It gets real murky if you read enough. The Hi Power standard is allegedly .228, but you'd be amazed how many .224 and .225's got recommended and gave good results. It's a big ol'can of worms!
 
RicinYakima

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
There will be no end user price reduction. The saving is in making ball powder rather than single base powder. To make the nitro-cellulose it takes four weeks soaking in nitric acid. Plus you end up with large amounts of VOC and acids. Ball powders are made in about a week with less than half the Haz-Waste costs.
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
RicinYakima said:
There will be no end user price reduction. The saving is in making ball powder rather than single base powder. To make the nitro-cellulose it takes four weeks soaking in nitric acid. Plus you end up with large amounts of VOC and acids. Ball powders are made in about a week with less than half the Haz-Waste costs.
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Aight, that stands to reason.
 
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