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It isn't the cartridge that determines cast, but the stockist making measurements of the purchasers body to assure a proper fit. You need length-of-pull, cast-on or cast-off (same at heel and toe or different), drop at the nose and heel, and pitch will be critical measurements.
Last edited by TheKuskokid; 10/16/13.
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A certain 30-06 at 6 1/2# comes to mind... It will still remind you when it goes off. I am kind of a sissy with recoil. I really do not like it very much.
Riley restocked a Remington 31 in 20ga for his first stock and it made a big difference to the little guy back then.
I have made a dozen or so stocks with cast but they were mostly very light rifles rather than heavier recoilers. I would not be likely to use it on anything much under 30 caliber. The whole range of 300 magnums are a lot more user friendly with it.
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I have fired thousands of lead bullets at targets with a dirt backstop. This bullet looks identical to hundreds of them I recovered from the dirt.
I think it is a 158 grain 38/357. The bullets I have found were all .38's, 44's and 45's and each of them was was mushroomed in the same manner. They would also have those small pits in both the sides and nose, from striking the dirt.
Some might ask why I dug up so many. I did it so that I could cast them again. I don't remember many jacked bullets but there were a few. I didn't shoot many jacked bullets because they were too expensive. The jackets were mostly intact on the ones I found. Yeah, you are right... Klikitarik straightened my head out on that already.
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Sort of a cartridge power:rifle weight ratio.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Yeah, and I think speed of recoil has more to do with weight of rifle and therefore rifle weight is more important to my shoulder when I am calculating whether to add a little...
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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