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I've had two of them. Both were stolen by youngsters. The first was loaned to a coworker for use by his son. I freely let him use it with a stern warning that it was a loan and WAS NOT FOR SALE! The boy immediately went out and slew his first three deer with it and wouldn't let me have it back. I made his dad give me something for it but it was less than I had in it.

I eventually just had to buy a new one because you can't find them used. I had it 4-5 years and loaned it to another buddy for his daughter's use last year. She tried and tried to kill her first buck with it, but just never got a chance. When her birthday rolled around early this year, I gave it to her. Got a txt from her dad about 3 hours ago with a picture of her first buck with the CZ laying across it! She shot it right at dark in Lowndes County this afternoon. She was one happy young lady, but I think her dad was more excited. It was a fat. young 7 point. I would post the picture but don't have her dad's permission. Maybe later.

Jeffrey, I also shot cast in my 2nd rifle before that little girl stolt it. I had ended up with a small batch of 180ish grain RN cast bullets in an estate that I handled. They had been sized and lubed but miked around 0.314" and I had never tried them in my 30 cals, They shot beautifully in the CZ! Not as good as the group above, but pretty dang fine. I'll try to dig up the load data next time I'm in the shop.

Wonder where I can find another one....

Thank you, Joe.
What load are you running with your 165 cast loads, and do you shoot them at anything other than paper?

Jeffrey I use cast for hunting and paper punching. I worked up 2 loads. The pictured one is 28 grains of surplus 4895 which is identical in velocity to IMR-4895 and a 165 grain bullet from a mold I had Mountain Molds make. Muzzle velocity is 1878 fps.

The other load is 25 grains of WC-844 (think H-335) and same bullet for a muzzle velocity of 1953 fps. This load, while faster, is not quite as accurate as the 4895 load though only .3" less so the accuracy is ample.

My plinking load is 7 grains of Unique with Lyman 311359....like shooting a big 22 RF.

Here is what the 165 looks like:

I thought that cartridge would make a splendid cast bullet shooter despite the short neck and it certainly does. This is 9 shots with my 165 cast bullet at 100 yds.


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Hook, that bullet looks a lot like Lyman 311291. Ever use it on game?

Nice cast bullet group.

What is the lubed/sized diameter of your cast bullet?