I cast for .222 Remington to 416 Rigby. On one hand, one of my brothers used a 170gr hp cast in his '03 for years without a problem, but that was early 60's maybe late 50's before he knew better. The cast bullet Guru, of whom I had great respect, Al Miller wrote that his recommendation -- .375 was minimum cast bullet diameter for game such as deer since he lost a trophy after hitting it hard with a cast bullet from a 350 Rem Mag.
I built a 375 Whelen AI primarily as a cast bullet shooter for deer. I also use 45-90 and some others...
I think I'd use a 44 Mag with cast bullets over say a 30-30 with cast. But I know there are people that do quite well with cast in their 30-30's.
Getting cast to expand reliably is perhaps an issue.
Last edited by Bugger; 04/23/18.
