Thursday, November 22, 2007

Relaxing morning.... reloading

Not long ago I received some new bullet molds (written about here) and put them to good use. Now, Thanksgiving morning, all chores and duties being taken up by children of various heights and sizes, I took the time to relax by loading some 9mm.

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Just a box or two, to try out my new cast bullets. I have high hopes for these!
4.0 grains of Bullseye in old military cases with WSP primers and my own 124 grain hard cast round nose bullets.

Maybe tomorrow will be range day!

2 comments:

Weetabix said...

How'd they do?

Your posts have me thinking of casting & handloading. They sound like fun.

Who is..... Carteach0? said...

I have not tried the .30 caliber bullets yet. I'll probably load some in 7.5x55 for a K-31 later this afternoon.

The 9mm did reasonably well, but accuracy could be better. About 6" at 50 feet off the bench. The pistol is capable of 1" at this distance with it's favorite load.

Still, 6" is fine for close up practice, especially as I have near zero $ in the bullets. The first 500 I cast will pay for the mold.