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Old 02-17-2014, 11:16 PM
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I have a Lee 195 gr 41 mould..SWC and it is accurate but too light for my taste except for plinkin round the ranch. I truly like the heavy for the serious work. I cast some of the 250 gr GC bullets out of a mix of Lino and mono so they were really kinda hard. I added enough lead to get 'em up to weight and to make 'em size right in the mould. Mono cast bullets at around .407 the mix of mono and lino got to .410 and with the added lead they got to .4115. That hard stuff shrinks a bit when it cools but the last is about perfect for all my guns so far. I only cast about 300 so a thousand gas checks will last me a long time While I like the lead based bullets for much shooting..when I push 'em hard I want a gas check. In the 44 I have a couple 429 244 gas check bullet moulds and they are about perfect for 44 mag shooting at almost 250 gr. That mould is no longer made I think
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