shallow rifling

[db22]

There have been several comments about how shallow the rifling is in Handi barrels. Does this affect the use of cast bullets? I used to get very good results with the Lyman 311466 152 grain .30 bullet in bolt-action .30-'06 rifles -- an '03-A3 Springfield and a Rem 700. I could push 'em pretty hard when they were cast with a hard alloy. Anyone shoot cast bullets in the smaller-bore Handis, the 7mm and .30-caliber barrels?

[quickdtoo]

There are quite a few folks here that shoot cast bullets in their 30-30s, as with all cast bullet shooting, slug the bore and use the appropriate sized bullets for best accuracy, usually .001"-.002" over the bore diameter is desirable.

Tim

http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinSlug.htm

http://www.beartoothbullets.com/bulletselect/slug.htm