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for rent , a lead mine - powderburner - 05-03-2013
just rambling:
I have been scrubbing on a 40-65 for about 2 weeks , I felt the need for speed and loaded the cases with 70 gns of 3F and a 265 gn pp bullet , in a 16 twist rifle ,
I got paper rings on every case ,
I dont know if I blew by or slipped the rifling , but they did get out and move, but they left a lot behind to remind me,
I did this once in the past with a 292 gn 45 pp bullet pushed with 110 gns of 2F for an express load, it didnt work either ,
I was wondering while cleaning how the old guys shot these loads , I suspect the twists were slower,
RE: for rent , a lead mine - Rick Mulhern - 05-03-2013
Dean
What was your velocity? Dad told me many years ago (1948)...bout the time I was wearing out an 03A3 Springfield shooting cast bullets that I had to load such that the bullets stayed UNDER 1500 fps; otherwise the bore would lead!! I shot THOUSANDS of cast bullets from age 8 until I went into the service at 18 and we never had a lead mine to work on with that rifle! Don't recall the load but I do recall that it was accurate!
RE: for rent , a lead mine - Lumpy Grits - 05-03-2013
Maybe, this would 'help'
http://www.shilohrifle.com/shop/product.php?productid=56
Gary
RE: for rent , a lead mine - Don McDowell - 05-03-2013
Dean I think 18 twist for the 40's.
RE: for rent , a lead mine - powderburner - 05-04-2013
I didnt chrono it,I was only playing trying to find some settings and see if they would shoot ,
they made round holes at 300 and seemed to follow the sighs for awhile , I do not want to repeat it over the chrono , cause I am getting to the bottom ,of the lead.
Don , this one is a 16 . Really wish it was an 18 if it was I would make it into a different calibre ,
RE: for rent , a lead mine - Don McDowell - 05-04-2013
Dean I think that taking a 40-90 bn reamer to that thing would still be a good thing to do.