Lee 309-113 First Use
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Lee 309-113 First Use
Had this mold for a bit but never got to trying it out. Raining today so gave it a good wash, sooted it up and brought the pot up to 700F. Preheated mold on hotplate and first two pours gave me keepers except one bullet had a round base. Bad sprue pour I thought. Poured another 50 cycles and had same problem maybe seven times. All came from same cavity. I was dropping into water and didn't want to stop. I didn't check out the mold till finished. The sprue plate hole over that cavity was rough with burrs that filled up with metal scraped from the top of the mold block. I cleaned it up and no serious damage to block surface. Wish I could say this is the first time I have had to deburr a sprue plate on a new mold. Bullets weighed an average 115 grains. Wheel weights with a small amount of added tin. Now will I pan lube, tumble or try powder coating again?
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Re: Lee 309-113 First Use
Those look sweet Mac! I know what you mean, ive had a couple that were real rough also.
I've been wanting to fire up but its been way to not here. Can't complain, for 2 months
of super hot, humid monsoon, the other 10 months are pretty darn nice here.
I've been wanting to fire up but its been way to not here. Can't complain, for 2 months
of super hot, humid monsoon, the other 10 months are pretty darn nice here.
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Re: Lee 309-113 First Use
i am thinking those are shooters!!!! perhaps good for the M-1 30 carbine as well... i use my sizer on them puppies, lube and gas check.. but thats me i guess.. more and more folks are PC'in.. i prefer lube.. and the sizer evens the stuff out nicely...
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Re: Lee 309-113 First Use
That mold milled down drops a nice 32 Auto bullet also. Since there aren't too many options available, I've modified three different Lee molds for my 32's. Luckily this one drops between .310" - .311" and right at 73 grains. Perfect for powder-coating and sizing to .311".
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Re: Lee 309-113 First Use
Excellent 30/30 "pest" bullet with a small load of Unique, a "puff" of "Kapok", and a gas check. 1500 to 1700fps is about right for accuracy.
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Re: Lee 309-113 First Use
That is a very accurate .30cal. bullet (in metrics too) as long as you size it to fit your bore and throat.
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Re: Lee 309-113 First Use
My 32/20 T/C loves that bullet sized to 309 (T/C used a 308 bore for its 32/20 barrels).
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Re: Lee 309-113 First Use
I powder coated, gas checked and sized at .311 and loaded in 7.62x39 with 7 grains of Unique. They shot good on the initial 10rds I loaded. I shot them out of my Ruger Ranch rifle. I'm going to pursue playing with these.