deer whompers!!

[Lloyd Smale]

been playing with a tc carbine in 4570. It really shoots a 540wfngc ballisticast mold bullet. This bullet weights about 550 sized and lubed out of #2 and thats what ive been shooting them at. Load ive been using pushes them to about 1200 fps out of the 18 inch barrel. Recoil isnt bad at all. Today i strated experimenting with casting them as soft nosed bullets. I first tried a 32 sw long case then a 32 mag and settled on a 38 special as the proper dipper. It fills out the nose about perfectly. Running two pots and pourning the nose first then immediately pourning the base out of #2 ive been getting perfect bullets with no visable flaws. Just a definate devideing line where the nose and bodys but up no cracks just a differnce in colar as the nose is alot brighter. I havent weighted the noses but im guessing theres about 200 grains of pure lead in them. The bullet as casted without lube or checks are going a very consisntant 550 grain. That big wfn with that pure nose has got to put a hurting on anything a guy would put it into.

[Tom W.]

What? no Pictures?

[Dusty Miller]

A 550 gr. bullet for deer??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?  Well, I'm just gonna hafta throw away my 25-06!!!

[jhalcott]

  lloyd, you have just GOT TO shoot some of those into wet paper to see what happens. I made some of those soft nosed bullets for my 35Whelen. I first shot them at 25 yards into wet phone books with great results.BUT I did not stop them in about 2 feet of wet books.! I got better results at 100 yards, catching 2 or 3 in about 19 or 20 inches. Expansion was over half inch,bullets were between .5 and .6" from a .358" start. NOT classic mushrooms,but still recognizable with the nose flattened.They blew the wet bales off the table. 250 grain molds with about a third being pure lead and the rest # 2 alloy. I tried BruceB's method over on cast boolits. It works but IS slow. Only needing a dozen soft nose for a couple years hunting makes it worth trying though!

[kennisondan]

the recoil is not bad .. I am glad to hear that, ..I bet it will Whomp one ! cool
dk

[HEAD0001]

Now I feel under gunned with my 405 grainer's.  Well this is an easy way to justify a new mould.  Tom.

[Lloyd Smale]

its me that feels undergunned shooting them in a tc and looking at that absoutley beautiful sharps!!!!

Now I feel under gunned with my 405 grainer's.  Well this is an easy way to justify a new mould.  Tom.

[Tom W.]

If you've got it, flaunt it!  That's a really nice looking rifle.....

[Chris Potts]

A sharps rifle and a freedom arms handgun are on my life list of must have guns.  More than one of each if I marry money.

Chris