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Here we go again… 470 cast loads
17 July 2009, 08:10
375JohnHere we go again… 470 cast loads
I just received two boxes of Cast Performance hard cast gas checked bullets for my Heym 470. The size is 475 / 425 gr. I’m looking for a few reduced to full loads using (if possible) RL15, 4831 and 5744 powders. I have read thru all of the old postings (two hours worth) with out finding any consistency in the loads.
Thanx, John
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17 July 2009, 08:29
mstarlingThe problem is the 425 gr weight. With 500s sized at .476" my Searcy seems to be regulated for 42-45 gr of AA5744. This is a reduced load.
I would not recommend running full loads with cast bullets. You might get away with a slightly reduced load using RL-15 and dacron filler.
Again with 500 gr bullets my rifle seems to be OK with 85 gr of RL-15 at abt 2000 fps.
Mike
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http://www.mstarling.com 17 July 2009, 17:39
ROSCOEI have had similar experience as Mike and recomend his load of 45g 5744. I also used this load with 400 Grain Speer Jacketed Pistol bullets and had no problems. I prefer the Pistol bullets over lead due to the reduced fowling and ease of reloading. Don't ask me how accurate they were because I never paid much attention. I will say that they make good practice loads and I was able to hit what I aimed at out to normal double rifle distances. (under 2000 yards).
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17 July 2009, 19:46
Bill73I have used the cast performance bullets in my Merkel with no problem at all,no fouling,excellent accuracy,& they were hell on pigs,I shot full house loads,these bullets are gas checked,they will shoot fine without any problems,as a rule,I do not shoot cast & copper without cleaning the barrels in between.
DRSS
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Originally posted by ROSCOE:
I have had similar experience as Mike and recomend his load of 45g 5744. I also used this load with 400 Grain Speer Jacketed Pistol bullets and had no problems. I prefer the Pistol bullets over lead due to the reduced fowling and ease of reloading. Don't ask me how accurate they were because I never paid much attention. I will say that they make good practice loads and I was able to hit what I aimed at out to normal double rifle distances. (under 2000 yards).
I don't know much about doubles or shooting cast bullets in one but Roscoe, if your normal double rifle shooting distance is 2000 yards or under, then YOU DA MAN!!!!!
I hunt, not to kill, but in order not to have played golf....
DRSS
17 July 2009, 23:31
ROSCOERAC,
Keep in mind I have iron sights on my 470's so my shooting distance is limited.
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19 July 2009, 22:09
Antlersquote:
Originally posted by ROSCOE:
RAC,
Keep in mind I have iron sights on my 470's so my shooting distance is limited.
Stop it!
Antlers
Double Rifle Shooters Society
Heym 450/400 3"
20 July 2009, 01:08
ROSCOEAntlers,
When are we going hunting up there in Alaska? I will be working in the brooks for two weeks in August on a sheep hunt. If time allows I may do a little hunting myself.
Keep your powder dry my friend...hope to see ya again soon,
Roscoe
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We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?'
20 July 2009, 02:08
AntlersRoscoe, I wish I was doin the Brooks in August! I love that territory. Eventually we'll pull a plan together for some fun up here. I'll be tryin to get my brother a nice moose this year- I owe him.
Have fun in the mountains and be safe. See ya soon.
Antlers
Double Rifle Shooters Society
Heym 450/400 3"