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Offline chazgin

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445 Super Mag Push thru questions
« on: April 19, 2009, 12:39:23 PM »
Veral, I used your 44 cal push thru slugs and measured the barrel groove to groove as .431 with no tight spots. I then measured the cyclinder throats for an average of .4306. This Dan Wesson 10" VH shoots jacketed very well. Now I want to try cast lino bullets (paper and steel silhoutte) out to 200 yds. So what is next ? Is it necessary to open the cyclinder throats to .432? Would hate to that if it adversely affected jacketed performance. What do I size cast bullets too (.432)? And what mould would I order (around 260 gr) ?

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Re: 445 Super Mag Push thru questions
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2009, 05:57:06 PM »
  For optimum cast performance, you'd need to open the cylinder throats to at least barrel groove diameter, however, it will degrade jacketed accuracy slightly.

  Since you want to use Linotype metal, here are my recommendations.  Get a 432 diameter mold and if the bullets will chamber when not sized, size them to .432.  The bullets should be water dropped to obtain optimum hardness, and with almost all lino, higher hardness, when water dropping, will be obtained if at least a little wheel weight metal is added.  This because WW adds a little arsenic which is necessary for heat treatment, but is devoid in most lino.  If you get hardness to at least 20 BHN, the bullets will spring a good half thousandths inch after running through the tight throats, and fill the barrel well.  If you get leading with light to moderate loads, due to a small amount of blowby, increasing the charge to near max should fix it, whenever your load reaches a point which obturates the bullet base.  If you can't chamber the 432 bullets, you'll have to size down till they will chamber, but if you get a 260 gr LFN it should chamber easily even when a bit oversize.  I'd recommend that you go to a 280 gr for better accuracy though.
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