OK good, Just making sure You got them, I mainly want it/them for the shelf but I AM going on a pig hunt next weekend...... hint, hint.
Haven't been on here much (22-250 bug) but have been following you thread, Great work you guys!
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Hoot wrote:I could have gone with more Gas after all.
Not only did they not cause too high a pressure. They didn't come apart and pepper my chrony. They didn't corkscrew into the next zip code. Every one hit the target paper I was aiming at. I was not sure what to expect in terms of buildup in the barrel, so I cleaned thoroughly every five rounds. So, the results include my control group of fouling shots using 230gr Hornady XTP MAG bullets over the ever-successful 38gr of Lil Gun. Their behavior served to check whether the test shot's performance was my fault, with a fouler every five shots. First, the ballistics:
Now, the results in a single range picture:
While this first venture did not yield bench rest-like results, most shots made minute of deer. So I'd say the the concept is sound. When I get my .243 die, I will be trying this myself. One thing I will probably do is turn the rims down to slightly less than .452. I could feel them drag the case walls when seating and the body of the bullet that followed did not drag the case wall as much. One could actually turn the rim off most of the way to create somewhat of a boattail base. All kinds of experimentation avails itself. I was going to withhold a few and shoot them into my water jug setup to see how the expanded but hawcer convinced me that we probably would be better served just making sure they shoot straight first. This was fun and provided for plenty of barrel cooling time showing them to other reloaders at the range this morning. To a man, they were totally impressed with hawcer's work, as was I.
Hoot, after annealing the 308 case I ran it base first into the 243 die and swaged the shoulder down, rather than trimming it. I haven't finished any for shooting yet, as I am playing with the length to get the weight I desire. Just thought I would run the idea past you, in case you might want to give it a shot
Hoot
EDIT: If you noticed only 4 holes in the 36gr LG target. Close examination revealed two shots went through the hole at .25H/1.25R
450b-recluse wrote:...snip
Hoot, after annealing the 308 case I ran it base first into the 243 die and swaged the shoulder down, rather than trimming it. I haven't finished any for shooting yet, as I am playing with the length to get the weight I desire. Just thought I would run the idea past you, in case you might want to give it a shot
hawcer wrote:I made a core punch out of an old cheap air hammer chisel.In this pic I still have to machine down the rim to fit in the ram...But it is finished now. The shaft measures out to .395" and just fits in a cut off 308 case and also works in a 40cal case.
Hoot wrote:...snip Yet another good idea! Though I favor the .44 Mag, I've got plenty of spent .308 cases. I suppose you could do that with just about any case as long as you have a ram that will fit inside of it. BTW, did some .40 S&W and the thin jacket made them the easiest so far to swage after annealing.
Hoot
450b-recluse wrote:how do you get a 40cal case "up" to .452", especially the base/rim ?
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