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October 5th, 2020, 11:44 AM
#21
I just traded two 8# downrigger cannonballs. For 16 1# lead ingots and .429 diameter 200 grain round nose bullet lee mold
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October 5th, 2020 11:44 AM
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October 5th, 2020, 12:03 PM
#22
Originally Posted by
Big Jack
See I go the other way, I’d prefer a harder bullet. I had a custom LBT mold made for me by Veral Smith. Hardball casts to 365 with GC.
Beautiful bullet!
I’ll check my plethora of moulds and if I have a .452 you can have it. I don’t cast that size anymore.
Depends on how fast you are hitting the animal.
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March 17th, 2022, 10:25 AM
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March 18th, 2022, 05:44 PM
#24
MikePal
Looks like you got a good cooking recipe on the go.
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March 19th, 2022, 06:17 AM
#25
Originally Posted by
Big Jack
That would work well. Have you slugged that bore? If so what did it show?
Sorry I miss your inquiry on this, i just came across it today. The .303 in question is a Pattern 1914 Eddystone the bore on these rifle run in the .312 -.313 range. I haven't slug the barrel but the bullet sized to .314 shoots well in it with the right powder combination. I have a Winchester version of the same model and it scatter the same round. To get any accuracy with the latter I size down a plain base 160 grain .32 caliber bullet to .314 and lowered the velocity. I came across another Eddystone of the same model and it seems to handle the first gas checked 205 grain well. The Winchester version has prove to be something of a puzzlement, it maybe that it was bored to .313 while the others are .312.
You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut
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April 4th, 2022, 07:02 AM
#26
Originally Posted by
MikePal
I have about 75 lbs of soft lead to process, I sourced it from diver belt weights pick up at an auction ($5 for 40lbs) and about 35lbs from a fiend of the wife's who gave me the lead they use for doing stained glass windows..I gave her a big hug
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A follow up to this...
So far I have processed 160 lbs of the lead I had accumulated and have another 50 lbs to process yet.
The diver's belts actually yielded about x45 Ingots (20 oz) and the pencil hardness test determined they were 11-12 BN.
The stain glass lead yielded x30 ingots at 14 oz each (different mold) . The nice thing, that lead tested 'pure" in the hardness test. Soft as the come !!
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April 5th, 2022, 05:58 AM
#27
Has too much time on their hands
Originally Posted by
Gun Nut
Sorry I miss your inquiry on this, i just came across it today. The .303 in question is a Pattern 1914 Eddystone the bore on these rifle run in the .312 -.313 range. I haven't slug the barrel but the bullet sized to .314 shoots well in it with the right powder combination. I have a Winchester version of the same model and it scatter the same round. To get any accuracy with the latter I size down a plain base 160 grain .32 caliber bullet to .314 and lowered the velocity. I came across another Eddystone of the same model and it seems to handle the first gas checked 205 grain well. The Winchester version has prove to be something of a puzzlement, it maybe that it was bored to .313 while the others are .312.
You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut
Good stuff!!!!
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April 5th, 2022, 06:00 AM
#28
Has too much time on their hands
Originally Posted by
MikePal
A follow up to this...
So far I have processed 160 lbs of the lead I had accumulated and have another 50 lbs to process yet.
The diver's belts actually yielded about x45 Ingots (20 oz) and the pencil hardness test determined they were 11-12 BN.
The stain glass lead yielded x30 ingots at 14 oz each (different mold) . The nice thing, that lead tested 'pure" in the hardness test. Soft as the come !!
That should last you about a weekend eh?