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50 rounds .314 185 Grain Cast & Gas Checked, Defence Industries Mil Surp 1944 / 1945 Brass, 26 Grains IMR-4227 / Winchester Large Rifle Primers / Tumble Lubed Lee Liquid Alox
50 rounds .314 185 Grain Cast & Gas Checked, Mixed Winchester SuperX & PPU / 21 Grains IMR-4227 / Winchester Large Rifle Primers / Tumble Lubed Lee Liquid Alox

I know I know, I need a tumbler to clean up that brass.

Can't wait for Saturday :)
 
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They shoot great so far. I've put around 450 give or take down range since i started casting. On Iron sights at 100 yards, i'm able to get a 12 - 13 inch grouping if i really push myself.

As for the charge differences, the lowest charge is 21 grains according to my reloading data manual for the 185 grain cast round. The highest charge is 28 grains (I believe, I would need to double check that as it may be 29 grains as the highest charge). I have been slowly upping the charge to experiment with it. 26 is the highest I'm comfortable with at this point.

I love to shoot the 21 grain charges because they are very light on the recoil. I can shoot them all day long. The 26 grain charges have a bit more kick, but nothing compared to the Winchester SuperX rounds. (The wife who is quite small hated the rifle because of the kick until I gave her the cast 21 grain rounds, now i have to fight her for it at the range!).

Yes they are gas checked and well lubed. I've had no signs of leading so far. After reading about casting your own boolits, i decided to give it a go. I was EXTREMELY paranoid about leading other issues so for the first 20 rounds or so I pulled the bolt out after ever shot to check the barrel for obstructions (just paranoia) and then relaxed that to every 10 rounds. I don't do that any more unless a round feels a little off (haven't had that happen yet, hope I never do). No signs of leading, the groves are in fantastic condition for the rifles age.

As for making 4000 rounds..... My good god! I have around 1000 rounds cast sitting in a box. I don't think i would have the patience to load all of those with my single stage press!!!!!

My only complaint is the crown at the top of each round caused by the bullet seating die. I wish I could get rid of that. But that is made up for with the smell of IMR 4227. I don't know why but it just smells like Alaskan King Crab and melted Garlic Butter to me. Best smelling powder I've ever had the pleasure of smelling after fired.

I need to check the regs, but I'm hoping to use the 26 grain rounds for hunting Coyotes.
 
Just finished cleaning 60 brass with a drill and Brasso. I've got 70 loaded .313 with 28gr of H4895. Also 185gr or supposed to be but actually weighed in at 174 from a Lee mold. Not worried about leading, sigh of relief from pearcetopher whatever his gig is. Hopefully get a chance to try them soon.
 
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Just finished cleaning 60 brass with a drill and Brasso. I've got 70 loaded .313 with 28gr of H4895. Also 185gr or supposed to be but actually weighed in at 174 from a Lee mold. Not worried about leading, sigh of relief from pearcetopher whatever his gig is. Hopefully get a chance to try them soon.
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I assume you're using them in an Enfield?

I have two digital scales to weight my cast rounds. One scale doesn't calculate odd numbers, it always rounds to an even number, but if I use my other scale they come in at 185 for the majority of them, some are 184 grains. Which mold are you using?
 
I wouldn't worry about the little ring caused by the seating die. I have fired off lots of cast bullets from various milsurp rifles and have never noticed any leading problem. I spent part of the afternoon loading some Lee 155 gr. sized to .309 and loading them over 6.3 of Trail Boss (20 rnds) and 6.3 of 700X (20 rnds) in .303 Savage cases. These are new Privi Partizan. I also poured some 155's and some Lee bullets for my 44 mag Chiappa rifle. All are WW. I use Lee Alox lube as well.
 
Uh, Lyman54, I don't want to rain on your parade, but a buddy had a bad experience using Brasso to clean his brass. It made them separate after firing.

Something about the brass being hardened or something was being leached by the chemicals in the Brasso? This was in a 257 Roberts, and I don't know the age of the brass, but have been very paranoid about it ever since.

I hope somebody can chime in and either prove me right or wrong, but I don't want you to have problems after going through all that work.
 
I've been cleaning the brass with a mixture of hot water, vinegar, dish soap and salt. A recipie that I found on castboolits, which came out of a gun magazine a few years back. It does a decent job cleaning it up, but doesn't leave a night shine.
 
I use hot water, sunlight dish detergent, and Lemi-Shine to clean cartridges and and polish my jacketed bullets. Avoid detergents that contain "Oxy-Shine". Then I oven dry at 170 F.
 
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