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Old 01-29-2011 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by cayugad
What does one of your cast minnies weigh? Where did you get the mold? And how much powder do you put under them? These rifles are really starting to interest me, and you know what that means...
Because this is an N-SSA gun, I only use 41 grs. of Goex FFF. the mini is called the Hodgdon bullet and I believe it weighs in at 400 grs. The mold is my friends and I am borrowing it now. It is a RCBS-Hodgdon 578 mold. I had to update this info after looking at my target. This is the bullet:



Five shot group at 50 yds:


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