Boolit Casting, à new experience begins

[WinterSoldier]

I've got a bunch of the 55 grain lee cast and coated

Yet to get reliable cycling, but I have gotten pretty close, got some loaded up that I need to experiment some more with soon.

There would be some effect from the powder coating vs my Lee allox tumble lube, but what powder are you using?

[BWest]

There would be some effect from the powder coating vs my Lee allox tumble lube, but what powder are you using?

My previous best results were with h4895.

I have a bunch of Shooter's World Tactical Rifle, and I've found at least one mention of it working well with the lee 55gr bullet.

Going to test some loads with that this week if I find the time.

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[WinterSoldier]

I'm sure I have a reduced load for 155 gr for BCL-2 that I worked up myself from scratch using Richard Lee's formula. HOWEVER, Lee's formula did NOT work. The resulting load made a big bottle-rocket whooshing sound for a second or two with no detonation. Fortunately, the bullet did launch. I ALMOST dropped BCL-2 right then and there, but eventually decided to make one more try with a heavier charge. THAT one worked and I shot a good many rounds with it. If I recall correctly, I used either exactly the same powder charge with 155 gr as well as 125 or 130 gr (whichever it was), or with a very minor adjustment. However since that one is a total wild hair, maybe I shouldn't be giving it out. The other was, I believe, H4198, and I think it was based on a book load but I don't remember the details including even what book (but Modern Reloading is the most likely suspect). I would suggest, however, that you check Lyman's book on cast bullet loads, the most recent edition. At the time I worked up these loads I didn't have it and now that I have it... its probably out of date... and I've never used it. I have a log of every load and every batch of every load I have ever made, but I can't access it right now. I'll get back with you on this when I can access it. It will be a couple of days.

In my Albanian SKS all of my reduced cast bullet loads cut the MOA of my groups by almost half over Russian commercial ammo at 100 yards. I never fired any of it at a target at more than 100 yards..

NOTE: I may not have tried the H4198 load with 155 gr bullets.