was able to retrieve fired lead slugs. interesting signs on them.

I know a FEW had signs of mold lines, but all were clean and smooth. Fired ones show a lot of melting/flowing.

Strangely I never get signs of melting if I seat the gas check inside the neck, but I get 5" groups if I do that. seat the check inside and use the natural crimp groove gives me golf ball size groups.

fired bases show thebases of the bullets out of round now. gas checks seem to be copper plated aluminum. actually found a few
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