250 grain lead cast

[rockman]

Hi Threre, Just thought I would give some reports on a new load I have been playing around with. I purchased a 300 whisper mold from Accurate http://www.accuratemolds.com/catalog.php this was the 245 grain
Bullet design #31-245B detailolds. These weighed in at 251.6 grains with my lead.I wonted to see if I could get them to mushroom with out drilling them out so I cast them in straight lead. The first four loads shot .36 inch at 30 yards and had perfect mushroom shapes.
( shot in to fine dry sand in a 20 ltr bucket) the next loads I did half wheel weights and half soft lead. These I allso tempered in cold water to make a little harder. I just went and tryed them out yesterday. I was amazed to get
a three shot group at 50 yards reading .315 inch. These are also giving a very good mushroom. Was amazed to get this result from a cast. Almost as good as my best smk 240 gr and I still have lots of things to experament with. I had no leading at all in the barrel. I will post some picks if any one is interested.

[jimpa]

That sounds very good,,,, looked up the web site,, three wk turnaround is awesome. I have been waiting since Jan. for my NOE311247
Post photos if you can.
Those are subsonic velocities that you are shooting, correct?

[thehouseproduct]

Gun/load info?

[mstarling]

Was a group buy for a similar bullet on the Cast Bullets site. Is closed and will be shipping later this coming week we think.

Hope it is of similar accuracy.

Would be very nice to use with a user serviceable 9mm can like the Octane-9.

What loading were you using? Think a harder alloy that would assure non-leading could be hollow pointed?

[rockman]

I was shooting 8.8 grains of H110, Just under supper in my Sako 300/221.
Im going to keep working with these untill I see some sighn of leading but while they shoot this good there is no need to hollow point them.
I was about to load up some picks but looks like I have to resize manually on this site. Will try to get time latter in day.
Also when I orded the mould I had an email the next day to say it was on its way. I live in New Zealand but I still had it within 10 working days. Great servise.

[rockman]

Some of the projectiles shot into sand.

[d-mon]

Hi Rockman.
I am also playing with a whisper .
Which part of NZ are you from?
I am based in Hamilton.
ND

[Alleycat]

New Zealand is on top of my bucket list.

[rockman]

Hi Rockman.
I am also playing with a whisper .
Which part of NZ are you from?
I am based in Hamilton.
ND

Im down in south canterbury Timaru. Plenty of good shooting down here.
What sort of set up do you have? Have you done much game hunting with the wihisper?

[rockman]

Was a group buy for a similar bullet on the Cast Bullets site. Is closed and will be shipping later this coming week we think.

Hope it is of similar accuracy.

Would be very nice to use with a user serviceable 9mm can like the Octane-9.

What loading were you using? Think a harder alloy that would assure non-leading could be hollow pointed?

Just had a look at the Octane-9 Hadan't seen them before so very interesting. I have had a talk to Gunworks, the maker of my suppresor here in NZ. They say not to worry about leading at all for the amount of shots I put through it will be fine for many years. They said if its ever is a problem
they will take it apart and clean it for me. I am interested to know how quite some of the new desighn suppresors can get. Hard to tell from youtube because many them reduse the load down so much that they would have little use as a hunting round.

[d-mon]

Hi Rockman,
I have built my whisper on a cz fox action.
It shoots quite well up to 200m.
I have actually done most of my "kills" near Timaru actually.
3 rabbits(arround 130m, a hare at 165m and a magpieat 100m).
That is with sub loads.
I shot a fallow and a red with 125gr bt supersonic.(North Island).

Nd

[rsilvers]

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j154/L1A1Rocker/245gr300BLK2.jpg

[miko_a]

Hi rockman,

Can these bullets be used on an AR15 type/autoloading action?

Thanks

miko

[Ned christiansen]

The only downsides I've seen to using cast bullets in a .300 AR, are that they are a little smokey (even gas-checked), and there gets to be a little lead buildup on the boat tail-- no big deal to scrape it off.

On the other hand, this is only maybe 300 rounds' experience. I suppose firing 10X that might show some other concerns, but I'd be surprised if it was anything that could not be dealt with.