Cast bullets in my SKS rifles

Adam Helmer · #1 02-06-2010, 08:05 AM

res45,

Welcome to the Forum; I see this is only your third post.

I shoot the Lyman #311410 130 grain plain base roundnose bullets in my Chinese and Russian SKS arms ahead of a dose of IMR 4198. I water quench my bullets right out of the moulds and have great accuracy and functioning.

Again, welcome to this site.

Adam

res45 · #2 02-06-2010, 01:09 PM

Thanks Adam,I just found this forum a while back and was able to just start posting. I've only been casting for a couple months although I have shot commercial cast bullets for a long time in all my handguns but those days are over with.

I was really surprised at how good my bullets shot in the SKS rifle,at about 8 cents a shot there hard to beat,I can and have used the same bullet in my Mosin M44 with similar results. I reload for everything I shoot that will take a primer,I have about 25 years of reloading under my belt and I still use the same old Lyman orange crusher press kit I bought way back when.

I enjoy hand loading as much as I do shooting and taking a rifle or handgun and getting the best I can out of it. My 30-30 mold came in today so hopefully in a few weeks if it ever drys up I can get some loads downrange and see how they do.