338 Cast bullets

[Bob J]

Have had great success with cast bullets in many of my rifles and handguns but have very little experience beyond 200 yards or so.... The biggest round I currently cast is an 850 grain 50 BMG bullet which makes me think that I might have success with a 338 in an Edge that I just bought....

Anyway, have signed up on an interest thread for a custom mould for a high BC 300 grain gas checked cast bullet over on the cast boolits site.

What about 339365? - Cast Boolits

If we get enough interest and I get this mould will publish my results...

[Trickymissfit]

Originally Posted by Bob J

Have had great success with cast bullets in many of my rifles and handguns but have very little experience beyond 200 yards or so.... The biggest round I currently cast is an 850 grain 50 BMG bullet which makes me think that I might have success with a 338 in an Edge that I just bought....

Anyway, have signed up on an interest thread for a custom mould for a high BC 300 grain gas checked cast bullet over on the cast boolits site.

What about 339365? - Cast Boolits

If we get enough interest and I get this mould will publish my results...

just about every .338 that I can think has way too much velocity for cast lead bullets. There was a wildcat many years ago called the .338 woodswalker, and this one might work. Barrels start to lead up real bad at about 2000fps
gary

[Bob J]

Thanks Gary..... Fastest I've pushed anything is around 1800 fps (500 mag) so admit this would be tough.... Beyond that is new ground for me but thought it worth a shot....

Originally Posted by Trickymissfit

just about every .338 that I can think has way too much velocity for cast lead bullets. There was a wildcat many years ago called the .338 woodswalker, and this one might work. Barrels start to lead up real bad at about 2000fps
gary

[HARPERC]

If we get enough interest and I get this mould will publish my results...[/QUOTE]

I'd be interested in your results. When I cast it's .375, and short range though.

[Bob J]

Originally Posted by HARPERC

If we get enough interest and I get this mould will publish my results...

I'd be interested in your results. When I cast it's .375, and short range though.

Was thinking the same thing...... Sized big for the barrel, gas checked and cast hard (water dropped linotype).... I thought it would be interesting to see how fast I could push it and still keep a decent accuracy for shorter ranges...

Bob

[HARPERC]

What's your velocity goal?

[Bob J]

Originally Posted by HARPERC

What's your velocity goal?

Will have to see what the bullet/gun will support..... I plan to ladder up until I start to run into problems with either accuracy or leading....