100 yard cast load

[andiarisaka]

What weight is that bullet?

Your load is similar to Ed Harris' "The Load" -- 13.0 grains of red dot for any case equal to the .308/.30-40 and up. As I recall, Ed used standard primers.

Hi Vern,

What boolit are you asking about? The 311169 weighs 168 lubed in the alloy I'm using. The 311284 is about a 210gr bullet depending on alloy used. Yes my load is similar to Ed's "The Load", closer to his 16gr of 2400 than the Red Dot load, which by the way, Ed doesn't recommend in the Krag. Here's what he said about it on a CBA post: "The Load" of 13 grs. of Red Dot is intended for modern strong actions like the Springfield and 98 Mausers, and is too much for a weaker action like a Krag. In the .303 Lee Enfields I would use the full 13 grs. only in the later Long Branch and Savage No. 4 rifles and not in other wartime No. 4s or in any No.1s."

The Blue Dot load was being cantankerous to me until I used the magnum primers. I was getting patterns instead of groups, but out of necessity used the large rifle magnum primer and found the sweet spot. Here's a link Marine: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=13425