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October 10, 2017, 05:34 PM | #26 | |
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What I really should be doing is looking for a local-ish gunsmith who specializes in slugging barrels and correcting cylinder throat diameters for optimization with lead bullets. The irony is that I don't even ask much from my lead ammo. None of my lead recipes that I still use exceed 950 f/s; and most are in the 750-ish range. If my guns were optimized for lead (I strongly suspect the culprit is the cylinder throats); with proper bullet diameter and hardness, I should be able to shoot extensively with next to no leading.
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October 10, 2017, 09:50 PM | #27 |
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October 11, 2017, 04:15 PM | #28 |
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Not sure if anyone mentioned this before, but the load manuals you mentioned have data for their own swaged lead bullets. Swaged Lead Bullets are soft. This is why you don't see load data in these manuals pushing these bullets over 1,000 FPS.
If you are using Hardcast Bullets they can be pushed faster, up to 1,500 FPS, with no leading issues. I use the same SNS 158 gr SWC Hardcast Bullets you have and use data in the Hodgdon or Lyman Manuals for load data with these bullets. Works great. |
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