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gwalchmai
09-01-2009, 07:48 AM
BT Sniper over at CastBoolits (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=58797) sent me some .429 JHPs he swaged from .30-06 brass. They look pretty cool:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14913&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1251128233

and shoot pretty cool, too:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15560&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1251802680

Good job, BT! :2gunsfiring_v1:
AdamN
09-01-2009, 07:56 AM
Yea hes been doing some creative stuff.
Dark Horse
09-01-2009, 07:23 PM
Those are works of art!
Oreo
09-04-2009, 04:04 AM
.30-06 brass? That doesn't sound very economical.
AdamN
09-04-2009, 04:50 AM
Well it can be economical, you dont go out and buy new brass ;)

I think one thing is guys were cutting down 30-06 cases to make 44 automag brass and using the leftover to make a bullet.

Also a good use for any berdan brass or any old brass that may be past its usefull life.
MakeMineaP99
09-04-2009, 10:01 PM
8mm Mauser case head is the same as '06. Used to be a ton of berdan surplus out there.
creophus
09-04-2009, 10:03 PM
Those bullets look GREAT!!!
Blackdog
09-05-2009, 04:41 AM
I got some of these from BT. They grouped well from my Ruger SRH. He sent me several types of bullets. This one was most accurate.

Top group was another style bullet that didn't group so well.
Bottom group is the bullet shown by gwalchmai.
50 yds. 22 gr H110 @ 1400 fps

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo44/Blackdog_08/BTsBulletstarget.jpg
gwalchmai
09-05-2009, 04:58 AM
Nice shootin', Norski!
Blackdog
09-06-2009, 06:30 PM
Nice shootin', Norski!


Thanks. I bought that revolver from a guy who said he couldn't hit anything with it. :lol:

A load it likes, some glass and a trigger job and it does this:

10 shot group at 100 yds (two fliers=pulled shots).

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo44/Blackdog_08/SRH_XTPs.jpg
VN350X10
09-06-2009, 10:13 PM
what's the weight of those boolitz ?

And Norski, i've seen guys with rifles that didn't shoot that good @ 100 & thought they were ready for Bambi. Including your fliers !

uncle albert
Blackdog
09-06-2009, 10:45 PM
These were 240 gr Hornady XTP's over 22.8 gr of H110. Published data sez it's running about 1500 fps. BT's swaged bullets are a bit heavier at 254 gr. The ones that use '06 cases for jackets seem to be the most accurate.