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Old May 25, 2009, 09:19 PM   #1
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Cast bullets in the .303 British

When I was buying molds from Lee, I went ahead and purchased their 185 gr. cast .311 gas check bullet. I have finally gotten some nice casts out of it, but I have misplaced the load data that someone on one of the forums had for cast bullets. The search function has me coming up empty-handed. anyone have any light plinking loads for cast 185 gr. gas checked bullets?

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Old May 26, 2009, 06:11 PM   #2
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http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp
They dont list lead, but you can start at there lowest loads.
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Old May 26, 2009, 06:18 PM   #3
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Red Dot.

Anywhere from 8 to as high as 13 grains.

I used to use 11 grains of Red Dot VERY successfully in my Remington 722 in .300 Savage. Capped a lot of squirrels like that.

Only problem is, it's WAY dirty.

Just found this, an interesting read by Ed Harris...

http://www.castbulletassoc.org/forum...87&forum_id=22
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Old May 26, 2009, 06:24 PM   #4
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Try www.castboolits.com do a search for british 303 a ton of info will come up for the cal. and loading cast boolits.
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Old May 28, 2009, 05:33 PM   #5
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Lots of .311 cast go sideways even at 25 yds with fast powders such as unique, even .314 doesn't help in my 5 groove, and my buddy's 2 groove. He got better results with 4227 powder, I'll try that next.
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