John Larson are you here? Help ID this boolit

[Joel45acp]

Several weeks ago, I started reloading for my little boy's 30/30 Handi rifle using some Rem. j-thingys and had some decent luck. A forum member(Bill Puryear) was gracious enough to lend me his Lee soup can mould. Well, the soup can didn't do so hot. Just when I was starting to give up on the whole idea of casting for this rifle, I received a package(USPS Priority) on Friday containing some cast boolits. These little gems were sent by John Larson from Warren MI. I'm not sure if he/you are a member of this forum. My post is two fold. First and formost, John, thank you for your generosity. That was way too cool. Second, I'd like to know what mould you used to cast the boolits? Just in case I forgot to mention, they shot awesome. My little boy(9yrs old) has only fired about 70 rounds through a rifle ever. He was able to print 1.0"-1.25" group at 25yds. He fired 19 rounds, but the target only had 13 visible holes. I think he shot several through the same holes. The cool thing is he did it without his much needed glasses. I can't wait to get out to the range again and see(no pun intended) what he can do with proper eye wear. I'll include a pic of the boolit in hopes of identifing the mould used. The boolit weighs 142grs and is about .80" in length. Again, much thanks to John for his generosity. Later.



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Joel Chavez

[cwlongshot]

Joel,
 These bullets do not look to be sized and they are not lubed. What is the size? Lee does offer some moulds that can be shot as cast, but most all others need some kind of sizing. Most sizers also lube the bullet at the same time. If your shooting them unsized/unlubed, you going to be in for a awful job cleaning that barrel!!!

 What was the problems with casting the soup-can bullets?

CW

[Joel45acp]

Yes, you are correct, one does need to size and lube cast boolits before they are shot.  I didn't do that thinking that the pics would show the cast boolit mo beta.  I guess I was wrong.  I've looked at Lee's, Lymans, Saeco and several other makers of moulds and none look like this one.  I'm really stumped.  As far as the "soup can" is concerned, well I haven't given up on it yet.  I'm just exploring different avenues at the moment.  I like the design of the "soup can" it just didn't shoot as good(not even close) as the casts that came from John Larson.  My little boy is so pumped right now.  His ego is inflated so much you would think he's riding on clouds.  Just think of the accomplishment a 9yrs old boy feels when he can hit a 1/2" dot at 25-30yds consistantly.  I hope I find the mould or John Larson soon.  Thanks for your input CW.  Have a great day bro.