the price and availability of primers I can not control

Lynn41
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Friday, August 19, 2022, 20:28 (1446 days ago)

but i can make HP, Cup points, penta points and wlngc & Keith's... to this day I still like making cast bullets and now I powder coat some.

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Powder coat is awesome

Randy Barnett
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Saturday, August 20, 2022, 03:20 (1445 days ago) @ Lynn41

i thought the purpose of power coating was

WoodyS
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Saturday, August 20, 2022, 05:08 (1445 days ago) @ Randy Barnett

to negate the need to add gas checks to prevent excessive leading. I could be wrong though. Why both?

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powder coating replaces traditional lube

Randy Barnett
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Saturday, August 20, 2022, 06:08 (1445 days ago) @ WoodyS

You can omit the gas check on some mild target loads, but my testing has shown if the bullet is designed for a gas check you will get the best accuracy by using one. I have a light target load I shoot in my 10mm that I don't use the gas check. All others get checked.

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Yep. The base is the "Steering Wheel" ....

Jim Taylor
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Saturday, August 20, 2022, 07:24 (1445 days ago) @ Randy Barnett

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thanks for the info..someday i will cast my own

WoodyS
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Saturday, August 20, 2022, 13:00 (1445 days ago) @ Randy Barnett

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I am using the PC in my mostly in my.358 win

Lynn41
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Saturday, August 20, 2022, 10:03 (1445 days ago) @ Lynn41

I want use my cast out to 200 tards this year to deer hunt. It is a Lee 204 gr bullet-- gc'd and copper penny pc is my jacket to elevate it up to useful velocities.. right now I am close. But wil not give on 200 yard goal in accuracy and hitting power

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WB

WB
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Saturday, August 20, 2022, 10:23 (1445 days ago) @ Lynn41

A friend once gave me a barrel (TC Contender) chambered for a full length .444 run through a normal .358 Win. Sizer. I think it was originally a .35 Rem. tube. The resulting ctg., if you had a brass you could make one, is rather ugly looking. Like a bigger .30/30 with the long neck. I trimmed them to .356 Win. Length to look better. The bullets are long anyway and no problem in a single shot.

You can’t load it as hot as a .358 Win. But you can get a 200 gr. up around 2200 fps pretty easy. The .35’s hit hard! Gary’s .35 on the .30/30 would be bunches cheaper to source brass and more efficient.

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GC PC work on the faster rounds also

MTM
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Saturday, August 20, 2022, 11:14 (1445 days ago) @ Lynn41

I practice with 260-270 grain bullets in the 378GNR. The barrel is super clean with these. They weigh from 261, 265, 271 depending on the size of the HP.
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