Great shooting!! That is pretty typical of what I get with my White M97 and M98 with them bullets at 50 and 75 yds with a load of 65-70gr of 777-3F depending on which rifle I shoot. My 8yr old grandson shot his first deer with that bullet using 50gr of 777-3F and she dropped where she was standing.

I really like this bullet. I would probably like it more as a flat point but that mold is no longer offered by Lyman. It turns out i did only resize half the boolits. The unsized were stiff loading but still easier than a sabot.

I will need to try them with 60gr and then run both over a chrono. IMO this bullet does not need much speed and more than likely around 1300fps is ideal.

Thanks again....GREAT bullet.

Guess who gets to hunt at the conservation area managed hunt?:woot:

Now that was an impressive 50 yard group. And an impressive bullet to boot. Even just 50 grains of 3-777 was all it took to plant a nice looking deer! I have lowered the powder charges I used to shoot down to 65 grains. Maybe I should try some lower even.

Dave, I forget how fast the 350gr bullet was traveling with 50gr of 777-3F, but I think it was either 1050 or 1150fps. I have to sight in my grandsons ML again soon and I'll confirm it with my chronograph.

Assuming a .213 BC although i think its a tiny bit better.

At 1150fps MV this bullet should still have 800FPE at 100 yards
At 1300fps MV this bullet should still have 1000FPE at 100 yards
At 1400fps MV this bullet should still have 1070FPE at 100 yards

Sighted in at 75 yards it should stay very close to not more than 2" above or below the line of sight out to 100 yards with a 1.5" scope height.

This has me wondering. I have a bunch of .458" cast bullets that didn't pan out in my .45-70. I'm wondering if I can get a die and downsize them to .451" for my .45?
Is this possible or too much reduction?

I size a Lyman 457121PH down to .452 to shoot out of my .451 White rifle and it works ok but that is a lot to size in one step. It might be better to use a two step sizing process for what you are doing.

Art is probably right, but my 350gr HP mould from Lyman casts them at .458 and I just use my Lee .452 sizing die. It sizes them at 451.5. So far I have not seen any issues when I resize them in one step.

Kind of also depends on the material as well. Pure lead or hard cast. Pure lead is a breeze to size down that much. Hard cast, depending on just how hard, can be a bit of a pain to get more than a few down at a time.