Rob62
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I plan on casting for a VZ24 8mm Mauser. I slugged the bore and came up with a bore diameter of .326.
I want to use cast bullets made of scrap wheel weight alloy.
I plan on getting the Lee 8mm mold that shows a bullet diameter of .323. My thoughts are to water quench the bullets as they drop out of the mold and then tumble lubing them with Lee Liquid Alox. I don't have a re-sizer and would really like to shoot the bullets as is.
However, IIRC cast bullets should be 1/1000 or 2/1000 over the diameter of the bore. Hence I should be casting bullets that are either .327 or .328 diameter. What I want to know is what does everyone think of just shooting the bullets out of the Lee .323 mold using the technique I just described?
I plan on using these bullets for general plinking and keeping the muzzle velocity well below 1,000 FPS. Probably in the 750-850 FPS range. I'll probably start with around 5 grains of Unique and a synthetic case filler.
Thanks in Advance,
Rob
I want to use cast bullets made of scrap wheel weight alloy.
I plan on getting the Lee 8mm mold that shows a bullet diameter of .323. My thoughts are to water quench the bullets as they drop out of the mold and then tumble lubing them with Lee Liquid Alox. I don't have a re-sizer and would really like to shoot the bullets as is.
However, IIRC cast bullets should be 1/1000 or 2/1000 over the diameter of the bore. Hence I should be casting bullets that are either .327 or .328 diameter. What I want to know is what does everyone think of just shooting the bullets out of the Lee .323 mold using the technique I just described?
I plan on using these bullets for general plinking and keeping the muzzle velocity well below 1,000 FPS. Probably in the 750-850 FPS range. I'll probably start with around 5 grains of Unique and a synthetic case filler.
Thanks in Advance,
Rob