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Posted: 4/22/2013 12:10:27 PM EDT
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For those that reload it, do you find that you need to trim it like you would with bottleneck cases?
Also, for those who cast for it, how hot can you load your cast boolits without gas checks before they start leading? |
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I haven't had to trim any of mine yet but they don't have that many re loads on them yet.
You'll lose accuracy before leading will be a problem with a plain base bullet. About 1600 FPS or so is where things start to fall off. Some have gone hotter with success but personally my shoulder doesn't care much for those velocities. Big heavy cast bullets don't need a lot of velocity to be extremely effective on whatever it is you're shooting at. |
| I trimmed mine with the lee trimmer when i first got them and the one group on its 4th loading still haven't stretched. I read a lot of stuff and 1600-1700 seems to be the leading point some makers claim higher speeds with no leading but why risk it. I do use the 350 hornady rd. nose at 1950 fps as my hunting load though and friggn love it. There are lots of sites out there with guys who know tons about the 45-70 but marlin owners and cast boolits are the 2 ive learned the most on good luck if you have more ?s ask |
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