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Anyone have a "light load" for practice?
whats a good powder??
thanks in advance.
whats a good powder??
thanks in advance.
I'm sorry but I don't agree!Hi 8x57
you will find that a lot of lead mold's need to be used/runin about 10 times before they start to cast good quality bullets for some reason .
bob
I'm sorry but I don't agree!
I broke in a new aluminium (NOE) mould yesterday and got perfect boolits from the fourth pour. Wash the mould in Methanol thoroughly, then put it on the lowest gas ring on the lowest setting until too hot to hold; allow to cool and repeat. Dip the mould in the lead at around 650 deg (just the corner) and allow to heat through. Take off the heat and wipe clean and allow to cool for a couple of minutes and then commence casting.
It works for me.
Plain base boolits are limited to about 1600 fps. Accurate 5744 is an excellent powder for cast boolit loads. 1900 to 2000 fps is very accurate at shorter ranges (100 to 200 yds)For using lead bullets in it, with a PLAIN BASE NO GAS CHECK, I'd be tempted to treat it as if it were an American calibre! That is to say use TRAIL BOSS powder that was specifically developed for cast lead bullets in straight wall cases.
I have been using it in my 44 Magnum and am very pleased with it. Others report good results with 444 Marlin and, of course, the popular 45-70.
It is a very bulky powder, a true smokeless powder not a pseudo blackpowder like Pyrodex or Triple 7, so it is non-corrosive, and might be well worth checking out.