Cast some connies today
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Cast some connies today
Made a bunch of the 250gr REALs today. I need to buy some felt and punch out some wads. Right now I am using lubed Veg wads which do wonderful, but wanting to experiment with different wadding. I also made some with hard lead which I got from melting down 25lbs of chilled lead bird shot. I am hoping that over time the bullets will swell up and fit a little more snug in the bore. Not 100% I feel confident enough that they will stay on the powder charge while hunting. I'll give these a couple days to set up and then pan lube them.
Last edited by MountainDevil54; 09-27-2018 at 10:20 AM.
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I used to shoot those 250 gr REALs all the time out of my 1:48 T/C Hawken. For me they shot excellent when pushed pretty hard. 100 gr of FFFg was the charge I shot without any wad under it.
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This is what I did, I still have to test them on the Lee REAL's.
2 part deer tallow and 1 parts beeswax. Next time I think I will cut them dry and lube the wads in the hot mixture lightly dipping them and then bake all of them in foil. That was the advice I got a Cast boolits.
2 part deer tallow and 1 parts beeswax. Next time I think I will cut them dry and lube the wads in the hot mixture lightly dipping them and then bake all of them in foil. That was the advice I got a Cast boolits.
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Jon, How come the 3 bullets on the right in your picture above are Frosty, and the 3 on the left aren’t? They don’t have lube on them. Awesome idea on hardening the lead to get them to hold the bore tighter!
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The hard lead loads with a great deal of resistance vs the pure lead. Accuracy with both alloys stayed the same.