Differnt load taday...
34.4 grains of imr 4831
Lee cast gc 160 gr bullet...
3 shots to get to zero..
N ...one shot to comfirm it..
1900 fps
This little 30-30 shoots good.

@ 50yards,

:0)

Here's a pic of the cast bullets i make..
Lee 160 gr flat point..n..a Lyman 169 gr hollow point..

I make others too...fer all kinds of stuff..but these are the .30 cal i been dooin lately.

Well..
Once again..if i can post me successes..

I really should post the failures..

Started on a new reciver platform...

Differnt setup...

This is me first attempt..

Made a number of misstakes..

Oh n it failed the test fire test...

It's ok tho...
As it was kinda junk parts..to begin with..
N...now...
I have learned.. some things that will not work on this new platform..

Mostly..sneaky measuring points that are very differnt..fron the other platform i have been doing..

Learned a lot..
N..that..
Is part of the prossess..
To gain success...

Embrace yer failures..
Heh...
What dose not..kill ya..


Makes ya..stronger.. ;0)

Taday..shot n graphed that little .257 cartridge i came up with based on a .300 blackout case...


Quite pleased..
A 100 gr ppu spitzer bullet.. @ 2550-2600 fps...

Accuracy is good..but can be improoved on..

Kinda cold n shivery taday fer shootin..

I gotta check me books but i think i am well inta 25-35 winchester territory fer speed..

At using 1/2 the powder...
Of that cartridge...

I like the effishincey game..

Old school reloading..
Here is a 130 year old bullet mold n reloading tong..
For 25-35 winchester

This is how they did it back then..

I casted some bullets today..came out failrly good..
This tool sizes the bullets n lubes them too..

Building the rifle now...

Kinda fun to do things that were done a hundirt plus years ago..

Last pic...

I like old wildcat cartridges..n thier history..

Annah of you ever shoot the 219 Donaldson wasp..?

Went to a gun shop..
The other day..

Yer pretty hard pressed to find..annahthin good fer less than a grand$... when lookin at rifles..

Sticker shock hits as hard as a .300 win mag... :0/

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Originally posted by STUD figmo Al

Went to a gun shop..
The other day..

Yer pretty hard pressed to find..annahthin good fer less than a grand$... when lookin at rifles..

Sticker shock hits as hard as a .300 win mag... :0/

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So true Al!  Ammo ain't cheap either.  My brother sent me an ad for .223 ammo, by the crate at half price and by the time I could respond.  My brother was lucky enough to get one crate.  I've still got a crate of 5.56, less one box, that I bought when I bought some SKS's ...... real cheap at the time, but now they are getting on up there.

I'm most impressed with your abilities.

Thanks.. Bill-e...

It is a good hobby..

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Originally posted by BanjoLink

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Originally posted by STUD figmo Al

Went to a gun shop..
The other day..

Yer pretty hard pressed to find..annahthin good fer less than a grand$... when lookin at rifles..

Sticker shock hits as hard as a .300 win mag... :0/

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So true Al!  Ammo ain't cheap either.  My brother sent me an ad for .223 ammo, by the crate at half price and by the time I could respond.  My brother was lucky enough to get one crate.  I've still got a crate of 5.56, less one box, that I bought when I bought some SKS's ...... real cheap at the time, but now they are getting on up there.

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That is one reason i like me..single shot rifles..

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Originally posted by STUD figmo Al

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Originally posted by BanjoLink

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Originally posted by STUD figmo Al

Went to a gun shop..
The other day..

Yer pretty hard pressed to find..annahthin good fer less than a grand$... when lookin at rifles..

Sticker shock hits as hard as a .300 win mag... :0/

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So true Al!  Ammo ain't cheap either.  My brother sent me an ad for .223 ammo, by the crate at half price and by the time I could respond.  My brother was lucky enough to get one crate.  I've still got a crate of 5.56, less one box, that I bought when I bought some SKS's ...... real cheap at the time, but now they are getting on up there.

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That is one reason i like me..single shot rifles..

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Yup ...... a lot more effort goes into shooting up a lot of ammo if you using a single shot.  Reloading helps a lot too.  My brother does that, but still keeps pretty healthy stash of new ammo.

Thinking a 221 fireball.. :0)

Ok...here's the plan...
I have 221 fireball dies..
To form cases...

I have both 223..n 222 ....reamers..
First i will try the 223 reamer..
Probly will not work.
As the dimentions a smaller..at the neck n shoulder...

Plan b..
Use the 222 reamer..
That will most likely work..
But the neck will be longer..

That is ok tho..cose factory ammo will most likely work..
But i am guessin that accuacy will be negitivly affected..dew to the shrt to chamber neck of the case..

That is ok tho...as i can cut n form ammo cases longer to fit..

The 222..has a longer case neck..

Again ok fr me purposes..
As it is better..fer cast bullet ammo
.

If this works..
I do not half to buy a new to me reamer.. ;0)

Oh one in 8 inch twist..
To stableise longer bullets...
That...n..that is...
The barrel i have ..on ..hand.. ;0)

The 222 reamer worked out..
With a boat load of polishing..

Been buisy..as of late..

Don't know when i will get back to this..

Coupl'ah formed cases..n the parent case a 300 black out..

Opps..

Proof fired...

I like doing things that guys ..( the experts)...tell me won't work.. ;0)

Got the chance to try'er out taday..

Little weaver 3/4" tube 4 power j4 scope..
At 50 yards good ..mock head shots on a coupl'ah duck pin bowling pins..

Not bad at all..
Coupl'ah neck shots to on the pins too..
But it is a little roughf on 'em.. ;0)

If you look close you can see where the 2 differnt reamers..intersect..right at the shoulder..
Which is allso the headspace point..

Forearm is on...

Cam over type..

It works...little bit of zeroing

That is a 6 or 7 shot group..in the corner..

At 3230 fps with a 50 gr bullet..

Looks like it woeks to me..