368 Grain Wheel Weight--380 Grain Lead
09-01-2015, 01:09 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
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368 Grain Wheel Weight--380 Grain Lead
52Bore used the same mold as used to make the 380g lead boolits, and made these 368g hard cast boolits.
Range was 26 yard. Powder charge was 80g Blackhorn. Sabot was long black Harvester.
The first two jugs were toasted. The third and fourth jug had a hole in and a hole out. The fifth jug had a hole in and a hole out, but held the bullet. The sixth jug had a tiny tiny hole at the non-entrance, which ruined it for future use. The hard cast wheel weight boolit, now weighs 230.2 grain.
Range was 26 yard. Powder charge was 80g Blackhorn. Sabot was long black Harvester.
The first two jugs were toasted. The third and fourth jug had a hole in and a hole out. The fifth jug had a hole in and a hole out, but held the bullet. The sixth jug had a tiny tiny hole at the non-entrance, which ruined it for future use. The hard cast wheel weight boolit, now weighs 230.2 grain.
09-01-2015, 04:24 PM
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Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
That was an interesting test. A lot of penetration for sure. I have wheel weights but never used them anymore for bullet cast. I made a bucket of roundball out of wheel weight and could hardly get them down the barrel of the rifle as they would not melt into the grooves. Ended up making them wrist rocket ammo. And they worked great for that.
