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And so sometimes you have to pay the Piper. The days of a decent $50 mold have gone the way of the Model A Ford. (Zebulon and Clarence might say the days of a good $20 mold are long gone.). $89.26 shipped to my doorstep.
The description states it’s a gas check bullet. What if you cast these bullets and don’t use gas checks? My guess is accuracy might be affected. How much?
Your problem is not going to necessarily be just the accuracy. Instead, if you load to standard velocity & pressure, you are going to rapidly “lead” up the bore, which will then cause accuracy issues.
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Okay, thank you. I guess I’ll have to get gas checks. That’s new for me.
I would have preferred a bullet that didn’t require gas checks—but beggars can’t be choosers.
November 7, 2015
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mrcvs said
And so sometimes you have to pay the Piper. The days of a decent $50 mold have gone the way of the Model A Ford. (Zebulon and Clarence might say the days of a good $20 mold are long gone.). $89.26 shipped to my doorstep.The description states it’s a gas check bullet. What if you cast these bullets and don’t use gas checks? My guess is accuracy might be affected. How much?
It’s my understanding that this cartridge doesn’t lend itself to downloading but someday, good Lord willing and no more tornadoes, I’m going to try! As you may know there has been some success downloading gas check design bullets to a velocity that does not require a gas check. In many cases a GC design bullet can be used without a GC as long as bore condition, velocity, powder pressure curve characteristics and other factors are considered. There are also DIY alternatives to GC’s but that’s a rabbit hole I haven’t personally explored, much like the 33WCF.
I wish you well. I have no interest in the 33WCF unless I can download it to around 1200-1300fps. I’ll own one someday and hope to shoot it so am very interested in your project. Please keep us posted on your project!
Mike
TXGunNut said
mrcvs said
And so sometimes you have to pay the Piper. The days of a decent $50 mold have gone the way of the Model A Ford. (Zebulon and Clarence might say the days of a good $20 mold are long gone.). $89.26 shipped to my doorstep.
The description states it’s a gas check bullet. What if you cast these bullets and don’t use gas checks? My guess is accuracy might be affected. How much?
It’s my understanding that this cartridge doesn’t lend itself to downloading but someday, good Lord willing and no more tornadoes, I’m going to try! As you may know there has been some success downloading gas check design bullets to a velocity that does not require a gas check. In many cases a GC design bullet can be used without a GC as long as bore condition, velocity, powder pressure curve characteristics and other factors are considered. There are also DIY alternatives to GC’s but that’s a rabbit hole I haven’t personally explored, much like the 33WCF.
I wish you well. I have no interest in the 33WCF unless I can download it to around 1200-1300fps. I’ll own one someday and hope to shoot it so am very interested in your project. Please keep us posted on your project!
Mike
Any suggestions as to a load using this 338320 cast bullet and a desired fps of 1200 to 1300? Gas checks are an added expense and not cheap at about $44.95/1000 before sales tax and shipping.
November 7, 2015
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mrcvs said
TXGunNut said
mrcvs said
And so sometimes you have to pay the Piper. The days of a decent $50 mold have gone the way of the Model A Ford. (Zebulon and Clarence might say the days of a good $20 mold are long gone.). $89.26 shipped to my doorstep.
The description states it’s a gas check bullet. What if you cast these bullets and don’t use gas checks? My guess is accuracy might be affected. How much?
It’s my understanding that this cartridge doesn’t lend itself to downloading but someday, good Lord willing and no more tornadoes, I’m going to try! As you may know there has been some success downloading gas check design bullets to a velocity that does not require a gas check. In many cases a GC design bullet can be used without a GC as long as bore condition, velocity, powder pressure curve characteristics and other factors are considered. There are also DIY alternatives to GC’s but that’s a rabbit hole I haven’t personally explored, much like the 33WCF.
I wish you well. I have no interest in the 33WCF unless I can download it to around 1200-1300fps. I’ll own one someday and hope to shoot it so am very interested in your project. Please keep us posted on your project!
Mike
Any suggestions as to a load using this 338320 cast bullet and a desired fps of 1200 to 1300? Gas checks are an added expense and not cheap at about $44.95/1000 before sales tax and shipping.
I’m sorry, Ian. My loading manuals are still offsite and I’m not going to SWAG a cartridge I don’t load. One concern is the case volume, the powder would have to be one that isn’t position sensitive or a filler would be required. If you have Snooky Williams’ book he may have a good place to start. GC’s were $35 +/- last time I bought any, I thought that was too high!
Mike
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