thanks for the info marshall, high standard sent me some of his cast rcbs recently so i will be trying those before too long. i still need to make a cast of my chamber which i plan on doing before too long. just need some days off from the railroad.

thanks marshall, i would appreciate any load data you could find for rl-7.

Marshal do you have success shooting the lee bullet as far as accuracy goes? I was hoping to use it for silhouettes, but to me, if it doesn't work after fitting it for the barrel (ie, slip fit on the muzzle end) and extending the bullet into the grooves up to the driving bands, I guess i can't see a...

Hey Marshall did ya figure out a way to keep it from happening?

hmmmm...it wouldn't surprise me if everyone you speak to at Thompson (smith and Wesson) has a different thing to say about this or that. Just in the couple of times that I've dealt with them, i haven't been really impressed. Alas, poor Thompson, we knew thee well!

i use a rcbs lubrisizer with a .285 sizing die. i drop my bullets from the mold straight into a five gallon bucket of water. i use wheel weights with the steel clips and hadn't thought about NOT throwing in the stick on weights, although now i can see i won't be doing that again. I spent some time o...

well ok...i cast some bullets from straight wheel weights and measured the driving bands. .284 to .2845 for 90% of the bullets. Here's what i discovered. after seating the gas check, i noticed that the measurement of the driving bands increases from .284 to .2845/2850 . apparently i am probably putt...

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thanks for the response, i will get back with you a bit later today with the as cast measurements. i appreciate your time.

here's what i've got so far... high standard: i've got two guns i'm trying to get the lee bullet to work with; 7x30 waters contender and 7br xp100. i got the calipers and have measured ten bullets that i had pulled from my bucket of sized bullets. three of them measuered .285 in front of the crimp g...

hey i'll have some digital calipers tomorrow morning, i'll check then and get back with ya. that's what i get for buying a cheap cast bullet mold. rcbs here we come.