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shows how much I don't no, forgot about them

For hunting: 190 grain flat nose cast bullet (c'mon y'all were expecting me to go straight to this, right?). Cast soft for reliable expansion. Driven at 2000fps out of 24" barrel with 28gr. 3031 (1900fps/20" Savage barrel), excellent accuracy, zero leading, duplicates original factory 190 load. Cheap as dirt.



Plinking: 150gr. plain base soft cast bullet, 5-6gr. Bullseye or Red Dot. Pure death on empty beer cans in the backyard. Cheaper than dirt, most of expense lies in the primer.

Ok ok

My brother gave me a wad full of cast bullets like you described.

I think I even got gas checks.

And I got 3031…..think I bought a new can.

I will give her a go.

Thanks buddy!

Contact me if you need your hand held while cooking them up!

Will do

You can hold my hand

Just don’t step on my toes.

What gnoahhh said!
For me, 311407 with 16g of 4227 (cast fairly soft, 181g, and lubed with lee alox) gives about 1475fps and works VERY well in all on my 303s. I use range lead so even at that unsophisticated level of casting it works great for plinking and it's cheap!

My question is right now gas checks are for sale/ trade in the classifieds?

Do I need them?

What lube for the bullets.

I will go fetch some soon.

Thanks all of you.

Fireball I wanna try the light Barnes…..you got any you wanna sell / trade?

General rule of thumb: over 1400fps, give or take, gas checks needed. Under that, superfluous. They're installed separately onto the bullet's base by a couple means, usually during the sizing/lubing step. Store bought ones may or may not have them. The bullet must be designed for its use, you can't just slap one onto any old bullet.

Lube: that's a whole 'nother topic for which much has been stated/argued/written about for the last 200 years (and muchly over-thought)! Store bought bullets will undoubtedly be lubed with something that'll work just fine.