To: familyop
Just a cool suggestion if ya have old surplus rifles... soft lead cast bullets, “paper patched” ....very cool, very accurate lots of links on you toob etc ... give it a peek !
303, 6.5x55, 7.62x54R, 30-40 Krag aka 30 Army etc ..... great fun !
91 posted on
04/20/2013 4:42:28 PM PDT by
Squantos
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To: Squantos
"Just a cool suggestion if ya have old surplus rifles... soft lead cast bullets, “paper patched” ....very cool, very accurate lots of links on you toob etc ... give it a peek !"
Thanks! I'd almost forgotten about that. It would be a good way to get the bullet diameter up enough to fill the grooves. I do cast hard pistol bullets a little over-sized but hadn't thought about checking actual bore sizes in medium or large bore rifles.
93 posted on
04/20/2013 5:18:59 PM PDT by
familyop
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To: Squantos
Some info on turning copper bullets can be gleaned from the following folks. They were great with some virtually perfect 6.8 SPC bullets for a test a while back. You’ll also find a little terminal ballistics info there.
GS Custom Bullets
http://gscustom.co.za/
[familyop: Use a hefty flow of good coolant, IMO (re, copper’s radical expansion with heat noticed in other kinds of custom jobs in the past, IIRC).]
96 posted on
04/20/2013 5:43:04 PM PDT by
familyop
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To: Squantos
I am restoring an old 7mm Mauser, if I can get some reloadable brass I would love to load some paper patched rounds.
107 posted on
04/20/2013 9:34:04 PM PDT by
Sender
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