Can use a 240gr cast bullet in Enfield No.4
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Re: Can use a 240gr cast bullet in Enfield No.4
Ordered!
Now the wait for the customs charge notice...
Now the wait for the customs charge notice...
Re: Can use a 240gr cast bullet in Enfield No.4
What I have found when ordering from NOE is the item is delivered to your local Royal Mail Depot you receive a card through the door to collect your item. When you turn up to collect your mold they present you with a bill for the duty. One of the molds I ordered took months to clear customs and I mean months. I thought it had gone missing. Having said that the quality of there molds is excellent. I have several of there molds now and they are spot on. If I am looking for a mold NOE is my first port of call.
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Re: Can use a 240gr cast bullet in Enfield No.4
Why a hollow point?
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Re: Can use a 240gr cast bullet in Enfield No.4
Hollow pointing/basing of bullets to improve accuracy goes back to the Snider Minies.
Judicious hollow pointing/hollow basing can get the relationship 'tween CG and CP correct which is crucial for accuracy.
Judicious hollow pointing/hollow basing can get the relationship 'tween CG and CP correct which is crucial for accuracy.
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Re: Can use a 240gr cast bullet in Enfield No.4
It has pins for flat-nose and shallower HP. Since the rifle is conditioned for deer (and AOLQ), it seemed like a good option. I may use the bullet in 300Blackout and/or .308Win but it will require sequential sizing (probably too much!)dodgyrog wrote:Why a hollow point?
The mold has broken in easily but I'm getting some finning around the lip of the hollow-point.

Re: Can use a 240gr cast bullet in Enfield No.4
CG = ? CP = ?dromia wrote:Hollow pointing/basing of bullets to improve accuracy goes back to the Snider Minies.
Judicious hollow pointing/hollow basing can get the relationship 'tween CG and CP correct which is crucial for accuracy.
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Re: Can use a 240gr cast bullet in Enfield No.4
HP = ? (and AOLQ) = ?Whizzbang wrote:It has pins for flat-nose and shallower HP. Since the rifle is conditioned for deer (and AOLQ), it seemed like a good option. I may use the bullet in 300Blackout and/or .308Win but it will require sequential sizing (probably too much!)dodgyrog wrote:Why a hollow point?
The mold has broken in easily but I'm getting some finning around the lip of the hollow-point.
Re: Can use a 240gr cast bullet in Enfield No.4
CG = Centre of gravityAlpha1 wrote:CG = ? CP = ?dromia wrote:Hollow pointing/basing of bullets to improve accuracy goes back to the Snider Minies.
Judicious hollow pointing/hollow basing can get the relationship 'tween CG and CP correct which is crucial for accuracy.
CP = Centre of pressure
HP = Hollow Point
AOLQ = Any Other Lawful Quarry


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Re: Can use a 240gr cast bullet in Enfield No.4
Deer legal cast boolit is an oxymoron I fear!
They work well and you 'can eat up to the hole' but they don't meet UK regulations!
They work well and you 'can eat up to the hole' but they don't meet UK regulations!
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