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AFRO408
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Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"
25/07/11 08:30 PM

Cap'n Curl & Daryl,

The die came from Huntingtons here is a link to the page.
http://www.huntingtons.com/bulletmoulds.html

Alloy is 10lb of wheel weights + 2oz of tin approximately. I seem to get better finish on the bullets with a little extra tin.
I don't have a hardness tester, but I can still mark the bullets easily with my fingernail and when retrieved from the dirt, they are distorted but mostly intact.

After firing them I had a look at the muzzle and the rifling was just uniformly grey with powder residue and I found one tiny little speck of lead on the patch when I cleaned the bore.

Groove diameter of the barrel is .410" and the patched diameter of the bullet is about .414".
Un-patched diameter of the bullet is .406" and I thought that they were going to be too big, but obviously not.

I just took some pictures of the recovered bullets and they show nice deep rifling marks, so they must obturate.
The smaller ones are from my .310 Cadet.

I also made myself a nice brass pattern for cutting the patches. I was cutting a dozen at a time here.

Ben, the rifle is not completed yet, but I hope to get started on the stock later in the year. I wanted to make sure that the takedown system didn't need any modifications as well.

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Flinch ? Wot flinch ? Gunsmithing is my PASSION.

Edited by CptCurl (26/07/11 08:38 PM)

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Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	AFRO408	22/07/11 05:14 PM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	Ben	22/07/11 05:39 PM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	AFRO408	22/07/11 07:00 PM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	CptCurl	22/07/11 08:15 PM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	DarylS	23/07/11 01:23 AM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	AFRO408	25/07/11 08:30 PM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	DarylS	26/07/11 02:09 AM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	CptCurl	26/07/11 08:47 PM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	AFRO408	27/07/11 08:37 AM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	DarylS	27/07/11 11:03 AM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	AFRO408	27/07/11 04:12 PM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	CptCurl	27/07/11 09:37 PM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	AFRO408	28/07/11 08:21 AM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	DarylS	28/07/11 03:02 AM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	AFRO408	28/07/11 08:30 AM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	DarylS	28/07/11 09:36 AM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	AFRO408	29/07/11 05:51 PM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	DarylS	30/07/11 01:07 AM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	AFRO408	30/07/11 01:47 PM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	AFRO408	24/01/12 05:48 PM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	tophet1	24/01/12 06:47 PM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	DarylS	25/01/12 05:03 AM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	AFRO408	25/01/12 08:06 AM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	DarylS	27/07/11 01:00 AM
Re: Paper Patch loads in my 450-400 2 3/8"	Ben	22/07/11 08:20 PM

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