has anyone fooled with cast in one?

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Originally posted by Lloyd Smale:
has anyone fooled with cast in one?

Hi Lloyd,

Although I don't have one my friend does. He loves it. I'm trying to get him to shoot cast and I think he eventually will. They have regular rifling, none of the micro groove stuff and you know that one of the factory bullets is loaded with that copper clad muzzler loader bullet don't you? So I would say you could shoot just about anything that you can fit in it. It's very close to the 500 S&W so if you know anyone loading cast for that gun ask them about what bullets they are using, although the 50 beowulf shoots pretty heavy bullets. I'll ask around and see what I can dig up for you.

Joe

Joe im all set on bullets and molds i guess my question is more toward the plugging of the gas port. Is it a consern and how many rounds did it take if it was?

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Originally posted by Lloyd Smale:
Joe im all set on bullets and molds i guess my question is more toward the plugging of the gas port. Is it a consern and how many rounds did it take if it was?

Lloyd....heck I think I can answer that for you. I shoot both a 6.5 Grendel and a 7.62x39 in the AR. I use the Lee 312 155 in the 7.62 and the Saeco 140 gr in the 6.5. Alloy is 50/50 and Alox/Beeswas lube. I have had absolutely no lead problem with the gas system. There has been about a 1000 rounds through the 6.5 and not nearly as many out of the 7.62. The 6.5 loads are zipping alone over 2000 fps and the 7.62 load is close to that. I even had a gas tube taken off for an adjustable valve modification (which I make the valve myself) that involved drill a hole in the gas tube. That gave me an opportunity to actually see the interior. It was void of any lead. My advice to you Lloyd is...don't worry about it. I actually found the carrier/bolt easier to clean because it had a greasy carbon easy to remove rather then the baked on dry carbon when firing jacketed ammo. At any rate even if you did plug a gas tube they are cheap and easy to replace. You'll never plug a gas port as there's just too much pressure there. Firing some jacketed rounds once in a while too I believe cleans the system up if there was anything.

Regards
Joe
P.S. Please let me know how they shoot for you and your loads.

thats the answer im looking for Joe. Yesterday i casted some ballisticast 420 lfngcs out of straight linotype and even mixed up a new batch of lube just for them. Its not a hard lube but it is a tad harder then i usually use in my handguns. Now ive just got to get the gun!! Its ordered but it could be a couple weeks before it arrives. Thanks for the advice!

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Originally posted by Lloyd Smale:
thats the answer im looking for Joe. Yesterday i casted some ballisticast 420 lfngcs out of straight linotype and even mixed up a new batch of lube just for them. Its not a hard lube but it is a tad harder then i usually use in my handguns. Now ive just got to get the gun!! Its ordered but it could be a couple weeks before it arrives. Thanks for the advice!

One more thing Lloyd. I even use a Dacron filler and I don't even find that anywhere in the gas system. It amazes me that the filler blows past the port hole and none diverts into it. Also, even with the lube, my bolt/carrier group isn't much dirtier then when running just jacketed. All in all I'm very pleased with the results.

Joe

thanks again. It sure is good to have knowelgable people to ask questions of. I consider myself pretty knowlegable when it comes to handguns and cast bullets but the cool thing is theres allways a new project to fool with and someone with an answer that saves a guy wasted time on something fighting the little problems that arrise.