shooting lead bullets in m305(m14)
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Northman999
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Yes.
Mine likes Lee 200 grain GC, and water dropped, over just enough Win 748 to cycle the action.
Cheap and accurate plinking; would be hell on coyotes.
Mine likes Lee 200 grain GC, and water dropped, over just enough Win 748 to cycle the action.
Cheap and accurate plinking; would be hell on coyotes.
thanks for taking the time to respond I have an 160 and 170 gr. lee mold i'll try and track down a 200gr.
and you laugh you should have seen the look on the faces of the guys in my hunting party when I pulled it out to go deer hunting lol
absolutely priceless
cheers Shrek
and you laugh you should have seen the look on the faces of the guys in my hunting party when I pulled it out to go deer hunting lol
absolutely priceless
cheers Shrek
I use a 160gr RCBS Silhouette mould, because I've had it for decades.
I back that with 28-30gr of RL7. Still working on load development, actually. My advice is to begin a grain or so below the minimum in the data and work your way up. You basically want a starting load that cycles the action properly, then go for accuracy from there. Mine starts to scatter if I go above about the bottom third of the load range.
H335 seems promising as well. I believe that's similar to 748. Stick with the medium burning powders. Stay away from faster stuff like 2400. It won't cycle the gun.
And yes, a gunsmith told me I'd bung up the gas port and blow the gun up. Not a hint of lead in the gas system after several hundred rounds, however.
I back that with 28-30gr of RL7. Still working on load development, actually. My advice is to begin a grain or so below the minimum in the data and work your way up. You basically want a starting load that cycles the action properly, then go for accuracy from there. Mine starts to scatter if I go above about the bottom third of the load range.
H335 seems promising as well. I believe that's similar to 748. Stick with the medium burning powders. Stay away from faster stuff like 2400. It won't cycle the gun.
And yes, a gunsmith told me I'd bung up the gas port and blow the gun up. Not a hint of lead in the gas system after several hundred rounds, however.
