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I have been experimenting with a 32-40, using an existing Martini Cadet barrel, that slugs at .320" at the muzzle. I made a plain, nose pour mould and the boolit is 180g, cast from 30-1, Pb-Sn alloy. Nice and soft. I tumble lube the slick boolit, in 45-45-10 LLA-Beees wax-Turps, lube. Some I knurled, by rolling them under a bastard file, on a wooden surface. They don't shoot any better than smooth lubed boolits. Warm everything up and tumble, then let dry on baking paper. The lube is quite hard and very thin. ![]() My top pour PP style mould, 3 knurled boolits on left and 3 straight out of the mould. I have also tried a .320" ball load, but the Nobels powder I used, was bad and didn't burn well. ![]() This 4 round target was shot at 50m. Rifle was fitted with a Red dot sight. Load is 8g of ADI AP70, behind the 180g tumble lubed slick. Estimated speed is 1350fps. ![]() I fired the last three rounds that I had left, at a target at 100 yds and the group measured 1.2" I consider this experiment a resounding success ![]() |