blarby
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these are finally getting used
A true blast from the past.
Gosh, those were a blast to make!
Unfortunately, all those notes are lost to history, but I do remember a few things :
We used hot applied rifle lube, and those bullets should be amazingly hard: they are water dropped , and in the high 20's of BHN if memory serves.
Those were a mix of the old Hornady thick checks.
Honestly, should be able to hit those pretty hard with a hammer without deforming them, thats how I tested them.
I believe they were .454, but I cast .451-.459 then ( 45acp to 458 SOCOM) And I honestly don't recall.
Best use of a star lube sizer ever.
For the record, I had zero desire to fire test them at the speeds he wanted when we started tbese...glad its mellowed Outland! and i was really heavy into 44 mag single action at that point. Nonetheless, you can drive those bullets like the fires of mercury and they will hold: we did stupid things with them in the SOCOM with sabots, and they will rock an engine block.
No thanks on the pistol like that!
A true blast from the past.
Gosh, those were a blast to make!
Unfortunately, all those notes are lost to history, but I do remember a few things :
We used hot applied rifle lube, and those bullets should be amazingly hard: they are water dropped , and in the high 20's of BHN if memory serves.
Those were a mix of the old Hornady thick checks.
Honestly, should be able to hit those pretty hard with a hammer without deforming them, thats how I tested them.
I believe they were .454, but I cast .451-.459 then ( 45acp to 458 SOCOM) And I honestly don't recall.
Best use of a star lube sizer ever.
For the record, I had zero desire to fire test them at the speeds he wanted when we started tbese...glad its mellowed Outland! and i was really heavy into 44 mag single action at that point. Nonetheless, you can drive those bullets like the fires of mercury and they will hold: we did stupid things with them in the SOCOM with sabots, and they will rock an engine block.
No thanks on the pistol like that!
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