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New 2 Me 357 Mag. Bullet help needed.
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<blockquote data-quote="Critter Picker" data-source="post: 2023147" data-attributes="member: 111781"><p>Sounds like you have no shortage of handguns just a shortage of brass. With the assortment of handguns you have it sounds to me like you could benefit from bullet casting. The new hard lubes don't gum things up like the old soft lubes did. I had a friend that got me started back in the mid 70's and I thoroughly enjoy the casting. I had the good fortune of meeting an elderly gentleman back during the winter of 78 - 79 by the name of Elmer Keith. Got an autographed copy of " Hell I was there" that I treasure. The biggest thing I got from our conversation was that on a revolver the most important thing is that the exit holes on the cylinder must be larger than bore diameter. Simple concept but something no one checks.</p><p></p><p>The easy way to check barrel diameter is shoot a bunch of bullets into a snow bank and recover them in the spring. The snow melts leaving the bullets laying right on top. Once I've done that I size a bullet .001 smaller and make sure it will slide into all exit holes on a cylinder. I don't want to sound like a bragger, but I have both a 41 and a 44 that I've consistently shot 3" groups with at 200 meters ( open sights) from the Creedmoor position. My old eyes can't do it today but I can get 2 inch at 100 yards.</p><p></p><p>I really enjoy revolvers and hope you enjoy your 686. My favorite lately has been my 45 LC. I've developed arthritis in my wrists and can't take recoil as well as I used to. I've also bought moulds for some of my rifles and have a .308 load that will group under an inch in 3 different rifles. Not a long range load but I can get a lot of trigger time in with no throat erosion and very little cost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Critter Picker, post: 2023147, member: 111781"] Sounds like you have no shortage of handguns just a shortage of brass. With the assortment of handguns you have it sounds to me like you could benefit from bullet casting. The new hard lubes don't gum things up like the old soft lubes did. I had a friend that got me started back in the mid 70's and I thoroughly enjoy the casting. I had the good fortune of meeting an elderly gentleman back during the winter of 78 - 79 by the name of Elmer Keith. Got an autographed copy of " Hell I was there" that I treasure. The biggest thing I got from our conversation was that on a revolver the most important thing is that the exit holes on the cylinder must be larger than bore diameter. Simple concept but something no one checks. The easy way to check barrel diameter is shoot a bunch of bullets into a snow bank and recover them in the spring. The snow melts leaving the bullets laying right on top. Once I've done that I size a bullet .001 smaller and make sure it will slide into all exit holes on a cylinder. I don't want to sound like a bragger, but I have both a 41 and a 44 that I've consistently shot 3" groups with at 200 meters ( open sights) from the Creedmoor position. My old eyes can't do it today but I can get 2 inch at 100 yards. I really enjoy revolvers and hope you enjoy your 686. My favorite lately has been my 45 LC. I've developed arthritis in my wrists and can't take recoil as well as I used to. I've also bought moulds for some of my rifles and have a .308 load that will group under an inch in 3 different rifles. Not a long range load but I can get a lot of trigger time in with no throat erosion and very little cost. [/QUOTE]
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