Who's casting 358 rifle bullets?
- Thread starter jethunter
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blaser.306
CGN Regular
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- Saskatoon , Sask
All Noe's 35-200 RCBS clone, RD 230 rf and 245 rn. All Gas check . No data "yet"
I am Presently putting an "Accurate" Mould, #36-195R, to the test.
This bullet is showing some bursts of brilliance, but I will have to prove these loads much more than this.
Marlin 336 XLR, 35 Remington
Hornady gas checks, crimped on by just barely starting the bullet base into my Lyman Lube sizer with a .359" H&I sizer die.
.3605" diameter.
A Dacron Wad was used to hold the IMR SR4759 powder in place consistently.
Bullets were seated deep into the crimp groove to allow chambering with a "slight" resistance upon closing the action.
Certainly encouraging so far!
This bullet is showing some bursts of brilliance, but I will have to prove these loads much more than this.
Marlin 336 XLR, 35 Remington
Hornady gas checks, crimped on by just barely starting the bullet base into my Lyman Lube sizer with a .359" H&I sizer die.
.3605" diameter.
A Dacron Wad was used to hold the IMR SR4759 powder in place consistently.
Bullets were seated deep into the crimp groove to allow chambering with a "slight" resistance upon closing the action.
Certainly encouraging so far!
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I cast and shoot the NOE Ranch Dog SC359-190-RF in my 35 Rem, Marlin with great success. I use 39gr of H335 with a Winchester LRP and the aforementioned boolits cast from ACCOWW with my homemade aluminum flashing gas checks. No chrony data but I'm definitely over 2000fps, and I suspect around 2100fps. Rifle has a 24" barrel and Williams receiver sight. I get around 2" at 100 yards. Suspect it would do better with a scope as my eyesight has gone to crap in the last 2 years and glasses are marginally effective for shooting.
I also have an RCBS 35-200 that doesn't line up properly so I've not shot anything I cast out of it. I recently purchased an NOE version of it though so hopefully this coming spring and summer will see some load development. I also bought an NOE 360318 RG2 that I need to cast with. Trying to come up with an alloy suitable for high speed hollow points. Trying to copper strengthen some wheel weight lead with zinc / copper sulphate but not having much success. May have to resort to using some of my precious limited supply of pure and go 50/50. This one is for my 358Win. bolt action Savage.
I also have an RCBS 35-200 that doesn't line up properly so I've not shot anything I cast out of it. I recently purchased an NOE version of it though so hopefully this coming spring and summer will see some load development. I also bought an NOE 360318 RG2 that I need to cast with. Trying to come up with an alloy suitable for high speed hollow points. Trying to copper strengthen some wheel weight lead with zinc / copper sulphate but not having much success. May have to resort to using some of my precious limited supply of pure and go 50/50. This one is for my 358Win. bolt action Savage.
