by GaCop » Wed Jul 22, 2020 4:43 am
Got in the Lee bullet sizer kit for .452" and ordered a separate .454" Lee die. Resizing cast 405 grain was easy. I noticed that I still have some of the Hornady (NOT SPEER) jacketed 350 grain SP pills and 400 grain SP Speer bullets so tried those in the bullet sizers and they came out great. I lightly lubed the bullets before running them through the die. Bullets look good after their trip through two sizers, no distortion seen. Going to load up some of the 350 grain to try out Friday when I find some load data. I'm thinking along the lines of data for the 45-70 trapdoor carbine should be safe in the Bushmaster, something along those lines. IMR4198 comes to mind. 1680 would work but around here, that's made from "unobtanium".
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GaCop on Wed Jul 22, 2020 5:14 am, edited 2 times in total.
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