Plain base bullets

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2frogs posted this 04 March 2023

Thinking of trying some plain base bullets in my 243. These will be powder coated. At maybe a bhn of 10/11. Any suggestions? I am sizing them 243 and then adding the powder coat..thanks

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2frogs posted this 09 March 2023

Appreciate your reply

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Rich/WIS posted this 09 March 2023

Years ago picked up a Bubba'd Lyman 243 mold, dont recall the number.  The GC portion was messed up so milled it down to remove the damaged area and ended up with a FB bullet of about 80 grs.  Used it in front of 4 grs of Bullyseye in a Rem 788 carbine.  Did not lead and was extremely accurate at 25 yards and not too shabby at 50 yards.  The 788 had a short throat which I think helped.  My current 243 has a longer throat and it did not shoot well in that rifle.  Both the 788 and the mold are gone now, but don't discount PB until you try a few.

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Lucky1 posted this 08 March 2023

I agree that shooting GC bullets without the checks is fiddly compared to plain base ones. I don't really have it figured out so generally try to avoid it. 45-70 is definitely easier to get to work compared to smaller calibers.

Scott Ingle

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delmarskid posted this 08 March 2023

I shoot cast bullets minus their checks from my 218 Bee. I had to fiddle about but they do okay.

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 07 March 2023

should work just fine ... remember that 22rf is plain base and CCI stomps out a million of these a day that shoots 1 to 2 moa ... 

it might be that small diameter bullets are more sensitive to base squareness ...  i could get better groups with my 22 castings by obsessing over the bases ...  my 45-70 doesnt seem too picky ...

ken

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Clod Hopper posted this 07 March 2023

Ouch!

Dale M. Lock

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John Alexander posted this 07 March 2023

Shootcast is correct about not being allowed in Pain Based class.

OK in all other classes.

John

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shootcast posted this 07 March 2023

Plain base and powder coated would be legal only in hunter class. You cannot use them in PB catagory.

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2frogs posted this 07 March 2023

Working on it.

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Lucky1 posted this 07 March 2023

The lack of response is kind of telling. Anything I've done with 243 has been gas checked and I don’t have access to any plain based ones other than just not putting on one. That is possibly true of most of us who have gone down that road. NOE makes plain base molds for most every style and if you find something that works I'd love to hear about it.

Scott Ingle

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