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Boolits
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:21 pm
by dodgyrog
3k .357 boolits - cast, sized and lubed. Job done.
Sitting watching K9 with a malt whiskey in hand (and mouth) - ready to start again tomorrow! COOL.

Re: Boolits
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:33 pm
by ovenpaa
Is that Kg or 1000?
Re: Boolits
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:53 pm
by dodgyrog
That'll be 1000's. I'm cream crackered - time for a top up!
Re: Boolits
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:08 pm
by ovenpaa
1000's? OK, you deserve a drink :)
Do you do anything suitable for a No4 Mk1 that will work to 1000 yards and with the right load could give similar drops to MkVII Ball?
Re: Boolits
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:19 pm
by dodgyrog
I can do a heavy 190 gr 'ish .315 boolit.
The mould is Dromia's. Nice man lets me use it.
Re: Boolits
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:46 pm
by idge
hi dodgyrog just joined the forum and im interested in lookin into shootin cast boolits through my swiss k11 do you make anything that would be suitable ?
Re: Boolits
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 1:38 am
by dromia
Really depends on your rifles throat measurements, the K11's are notoriously short throated so you need a good bore riding design that meets groove and bore diameters well to get the weight.
You need to slug your bore and impact cast the throat.
Then when you have those measurements for your rifle you can meaningfully ask for a suitable boolit.
Re: Boolits
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:22 am
by ovenpaa
Idge, slugging is a very simple process and I have some soft lead slugs sized and ready to go, I can pop a few in the post if you want to have a go.
Re: Boolits
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:04 pm
by idge
well thanks dromia but i was "meaningfully" asking for a suitable boolit but seeing as i dont have any experiance in the area the advice is also what i need , i have slugged a bore before so i did my k11 today and it turned out at .308 5 dont have the ability to chamber cast though .
Re: Boolits
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:22 pm
by dromia
Thats a start, if you can slug a bore then you can do an impact cast.
Directions are here in the Library towards the end of the article:
http://www.full-bore.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=855