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Old 11-03-2011, 01:28 PM   #1
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Corey let me borrow that big bad mold of his so i could cast some bullets and try them out in my muzzys. Good lord though! That sucker eats up lead fast. A member made me a huge 50lb lead pipe a year or so back and i had to cut a chunk off it to feed this pig of a mold.

Got a couple dozen casted up today and plan on trying them in the cabelas hawken with 70gr Pyrodex RS and see how that goes.

Thanks again Corey, i cleaned up the mold and got it all lubed, casts beautiful pig bullets!
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oh, forgot to tell you that lol
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Old 11-03-2011, 02:11 PM   #3
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oh my god! They freakin shoot awesome in the 1:48 twist cabelas hawken with 70gr RS and a lubed wad. I had to take 4 shots to make sure because one hole looks a bit odd, kind of egg shaped. Fired one more and clipped my first shot hole LOL. This is awesome! I didn't expect this at all. Next time i will try 80 - 90gr RS.

Thanks again Corey! This was great as i now know which mold i can buy without worrying about throwing $$ away.
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Corey let me borrow that big bad mold of his so i could cast some bullets and try them out in my muzzys. Good lord though! That sucker eats up lead fast. A member made me a huge 50lb lead pipe a year or so back and i had to cut a chunk off it to feed this pig of a mold.

Got a couple dozen casted up today and plan on trying them in the cabelas hawken with 70gr Pyrodex RS and see how that goes.

Thanks again Corey, i cleaned up the mold and got it all lubed, casts beautiful pig bullets!
Jon. is that mold the .500 S&W? if it is, what bullet diameter is it throwing.
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what is the weight too
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Jon. is that mold the .500 S&W? if it is, what bullet diameter is it throwing.
Yeah im pretty sure its the 500 S&W. The mold with my lead is throwing them at 454 grains. .501 - .502 Kind of an odd bullet shape to get calipers on.
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Jon. is that mold the .500 S&W? if it is, what bullet diameter is it throwing.
the lee 501-440 2rf
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rifle and target, bullet pics. I really love the bullet though. It eats up a lot of lead but as long as i shoot into my sand buckets its not so bad. Recoil doesnt seem bad either but with the leadsled, its hard to judge right now LOL.



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Yeah im pretty sure its the 500 S&W. The mold with my lead is throwing them at 454 grains. .501 - .502 Kind of an odd bullet shape to get calipers on.
Yes it's shape is rather odd. it was meant to be gas checked and it has a wide flat metplate.
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i saw that! I was thinking about trying some gas checks on them and see if they'd fit a bit tighter. Darn checks though are expensive.

They're shooting great though at 50 yards. Maybe try 75 yards tomorrow.
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