Baco Jim 442 500

[Kurt]

Tim,

My personal thought looking at those recovered bullets is the only thing I would change is moving the patch a little farther higher on the shank, up onto the ogive to keep the small portion of dry lead off the lands. It looks like you have about .05" above the shank riding the lands.
With the .442" diameter unpatched shank. Is this an original Rem Roller your shooting this bullet in? or is it a .438-.446" bore groove barrel and the bullet is patched to groove diameter? The reason I ask is that the Remingtons used almost what I call a .45 caliber in their .44-90.
But I think your alloy is good to go as is for what I see. Most of the shortening of the bullet I think was caused filling the grooves. The nose ball did not expand much from what I can see looking at the photo's but I would use a little wider patch with this alloy mix.
That bullet will do just fine with a good load. It has full rotation as it clears the carrel with out mouse nibbles and with out any sort of slippage as it enters the throat.

I have to make a snow pile again something I said I would not do again I have a new rifle and mould that needs looking at LOL.


Kurt