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cast bullets 6.5x47Lapua
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:55 pm
by pigdog72
I have been useing cast bullets for off hand practice on chickens at 200m 8grains of red dot behind a 140 cast in my 6.5x47 1400FPS it's good fun and cheap.

Re: cast bullets 6.5x47Lapua
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:26 pm
by Bob Mc Alice
pigdog72, some questions for you. Are you casting them yourself ?...gaschecks used ?.... how is the accuracy ? .... are they knocking them down reliably ? Lastly, how much more elevation correction do you need over your jacketed high velocity chicken zero?
Re: cast bullets 6.5x47Lapua
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 1:02 pm
by chickenchoker
What mold,alloy, water dropped or air cooled and finally what lube? You can save even more $ by using Promo. Same charge weight, less volume. Maybe 10cents a loaded round?
Re: cast bullets 6.5x47Lapua
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:49 pm
by Jeaux
Very interested in hearing a response to the two previous posts. This sounds like good cheap fun. I got a friend that loves to cast bullets that could do some for me if I gave him the mold.
Re: cast bullets 6.5x47Lapua
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:23 pm
by pigdog72
Bob Mc Alice wrote:pigdog72, some questions for you. Are you casting them yourself ?...gaschecks used ?.... how is the accuracy ? .... are they knocking them down reliably ? Lastly, how much more elevation correction do you need over your jacketed high velocity chicken zero?
they are hawsbrey river pills, they are gaschecks, accuracy is half MOA at 100, yes they knocking them down,
i'm useing my ram settings. i will say the wind pushes them a long way.