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Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

Yes, even the WW1 Lee Enfield rifles were decently made. Considering the huge quantities they made that was quite an accomplishment.

Looking back the good group with the 26 grain load could just have been a random occurrence. I'm surprised it shot that well considering the chronograph numbers. I really should load some more up and see if it's repeatable or if it was just a fluke. Speaking of consistency I was out the other day with my 30/06 Howa 1500 trying some RCBS 30-165-SIL bullets with Accurate 5744 powder. That powder gives amazing consistent velocities with cast bullets, firing over twenty shots the standard deviation was just 10 FPS. It would have made for interesting video but the range was just too busy to film.

Like many things, it depends on mostly on a couple of factors The firearm used makes a difference, brass used in a P-14 tends to last longer than that used in Lee Enfield rifle. Another factor is how "hot" the load is, brass loaded with a milder load will last longer. It is pretty safe to predict at least ten to twenty loading when using a Lee Loader.

So I'm not an "old-time caster" am I? Well, I've been casting for close to 40 years at this point. Yes I'm quite aware of smoking molds and have done it myself to aluminum molds, however a good quality mold used with good alloy/temperature does not NEED to be smoked. Iron molds should never be smoked. Aluminum ones like the Lee products sometimes work better if smoked, but smoking a poorly made, defective mold like the one in the video will not magically cure it. I have dozens of Lee molds and for the most part they are satisfactory, but this one was a piece of junk that should not have been allowed out of the factory.

Nice. May I ask what yours cost?

Thanks, it was an overall satisfactory load.

@@314299 yes! By the way, do you have acces to a rifle in the 6,5x55? It would be intresting to see you load up something with heavy for caliber bullets like 150gr+ :)

Lee has not made these in a long time. Used sets do come up for sale occasionally.

Have tried many places in England. Many gun shop's have never even see or heard of them . I think it's a case of being in the right place at the right time. Many thanks for the video .

I dont know of any suppliers that have JW-15 mags at the moment.

How do you like the sights?

No problem thanks for the comment.

Not yet.

They are not common where I live, I've never seen another one. As for the limitations regarding it's utility as a "target" pistol I think the big one is not the barrel length but the non-adjustable sights.

@@314299 I think as far as a vintage gun that is sort of odd it has a lot of charm . I agree with the sights , I'd probably buy one if the price was right . I do see them at shows often enough to not think them a rare item , but they are getting older and that may change . thx for the vid , btw ..

@@314299 might be a good garden gun , .22 shot or even .410 , which MUST be what they had in mind . something for copperheads and such ...

I take issue with your statement that the bullet "base with the exposed lead bottom will expand". No it wont. Unless radically "cupped" at the base there is no way a jacketed bullet will expand at the base as the jacket is just too thick to allow that. Also the jacket at the base is rolled in to reinforce the bullet.

Glad you like it, thanks for commenting.

Thanks.

Thanks.

It's reasonably good, but nothing special.

I think I would blame Oswald, the rifle he used was just the tool.

IMR 4198 is certainly an excellent powder for the 222, but I had a pound of this old Reloader 11 and wanted to see how it would perform.

I think the front sight element is replaceable, however not adjustable for windage or elevation.

Sorry but I don't understand your comment.

In some contexts that was true, but specific to this model of Ivor Johnson the "automatic" is in reference to the safety mechanism.

There are certainly long term benefits to being sensible with your money.

They are one of the remaining value priced surplus military rifles.

As they say "It is what it is".

Sounds as if your rifle has a more typical size bore and needs bigger bullets. I would recommend trying the Hornady 174 grain .3105" FMJBT (Item #3131), but other .311 or .312 bullets ought to be fine as well.

Translated your comment and it came out as "This is what makes it", I'm not sure what you mean.

Thanks.

That's an old one!

@@314299 indeed but I can't stop watching it, I'm addicted to watching it

I'm going to assume you mean .315" groove as a .315" bore would give you a barrel that a bullet would just fall thru. I'm not suprised that a .315 groove barrel shoots poorly with standard size bullets, hopefully your powder coated ones can improve on that.

If you had zinc contamination your alloy would be completely unusable for casting. Tin will certainly improve alloy flow, but the big difference between shiny and dull looking bullets seems to be the temperature that you are casting at. Shiny bullets are no advantage IMO, other than in a cosmetic sense. I cast hot with wheel weights and that solves most issues for me.

@314299 yes but with the dull sheen its casts out with its also forming pits in the metal castings so wouldn't that affect the bullet trajectory?

And a whole lot cheaper too.

Yes, they do rotate a little, but they dont rotate fast enough to give sufficient gyroscopic rotation to ensure stability and accuracy. The rotation these slugs attain is not as a result of the ridges or "rifling" on the surface of the slug - even smooth "unrifled" slugs will rotate when fired from a smooth barrel. Rotation of this sort of projectile is caused by fine rotary honing marks on the surface of the barrel. Perhaps those smooth sided slugs "self identify as rifled"?

Hirtenberger made 7.62x51 with Berdan primed cases and also ones with Boxer primers - perhaps the color of the primer sealant is different depending on the primer type?

@@314299 You know AAC started making steel case 7.62x39 with boxer primers the other week and I tried to see if I could tell the difference between the sound and way it shot between the old Berdan primer stuff and I swear I didn’t notice once difference,, you’d think their be something since Berdan has 2 flash holes and Boxer has has one and plus other differences…Although,,old Berdan is notorious for being corrosive..

​@@Jrh-rp7np For what its worth the stuff in the video is Boxer primed.

@@314299 yeah these are the old Berdan primed ones,, idk why I love old Mil surp ammo

That's unfortunate. As far as I know all surplus 8x56 is berdan primed.

You are welcome. Thanks for the comment.

How many types of ammo did you try?

@@314299 2 types of ammo i checked.. then i gave up.. and bought remington nylon model 12 bolt action… and thats deadly accurate

I just toss all my cheddites together as long as they’re the same length. A Quick Look at the basewad and comparing it to a know shell will tell you if it’s cheddite or fiocchi. The clear 20ga look more like fiocchi maybe.

Yes the internal capacity of the Imperial and Canuck shells is the same. As for the shells being sold as primed hulls I've never seen them that way before these ones. When Imperial / IVI got out of making sporting ammo there were a lot of leftover components sold off, perhaps that's where the primed hulls came from.

@@314299 maybe. I have started buying up all I can find lately for old IVI/CIL ammo mainly the old special long range stuff.

That's a good deal. 2400 is a great powder, especially if you are into cast bullets.

I would like to add a 788 in 30/30 to my collection but they are somewhat uncommon and when they do come up for sale are expensive.

@@314299 Took me 2 decades to find one in decent shape with a decent price. The 44 mag took me 3 decades to find one. This 30-30 is a handy deer rifle but there are just so few of them left in the wild.

The "Dominion" brand primers that I have been using are not the original old Canadian made ones. These are Russian made ones imported by Canada Ammo a decade ago they are made by a company called Murom. Original Canadian made Dominion primers have not been available at retail since the 1970's.

Thanks, glad you liked it.

If you mean gas escaping from the barrel/cylinder gap then yes, with the non gas seal rounds that happens.

@@314299 thank you for the reply, I greatly appreciate it

I think the main reason the patterns start to open up so much with distance is that the Baikal has very tight choke, although listed as "full" it is more like "extra full" and so too tight for these buckshot pellets. I expect your Western Field bolt action would have a normal degree of choke and therefore work better with buckshot pellets.

Thats similar to the current prices up here for Norinco 7.62x39 ammo.