Got to shoot some of those bullets in my NEF 45-70 this evening. They shot good, better than I can with iron sights, made 2, 2"groups of 5 shots at 75 yards. Not bad for a thrown together load of 13.6 grains of Unique (RCBS Lil Dandy rotor #24). Gave an average of 1114 fps with an extreme spread of 16 (1106-1122) Didn't do any fancy raising of the barrel to settle the powder crap or use fillers or nothin'...just load it and shoot. If it don't shoot well, get another powder. This however, shoots pretty well. Certainly well enough for plinking.

I am going to have to put a scope on it though, too many years of welding, and reaching that ripe time of life where my eyes are just plain 'ol tired. I don't even think about good quality irons anymore, just how much it is goint to cost to put optics on this thing that I can use and not look ridiculous for having more scope than gun. Geez, and all I want to do is just enjoy my evenings plinking with my cast bullets.

I recently bought a .457-325-F mould from Lee's Surplus Page. I'm sure it's a similar bullet. Mine cast to 333 grains in wheelweight metal. Haven't gotten around to shooting any yet.