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petemo · November 21, 2009, 07:17 PM

It's been my experience that when a cast bullet is pushed too fast it will skip the rifling instead of getting a twist,. Sometimes a hot load will melt the base of the bulllet and that causes leading. A gas check will help if the bullet is designed to accept one ,not all are.
30-30 should shoot pretty well. I have loaded cast bullets in mine. Good luck mate
pete

November 21, 2009, 07:17 PM	#11
petemo Member Join Date: February 20, 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 49	Pushing through the rifling It's been my experience that when a cast bullet is pushed too fast it will skip the rifling instead of getting a twist,. Sometimes a hot load will melt the base of the bulllet and that causes leading. A gas check will help if the bullet is designed to accept one ,not all are. 30-30 should shoot pretty well. I have loaded cast bullets in mine. Good luck mate pete