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Post by 2 Dogs on Jun 24, 2014 13:42:45 GMT -5
Got some Sledgehammers cast today for my FA97. I got lucky on my melt and hit 12 BHN without having to horse around with it too much. That Miha mold is a marvel. What a joy to work with it is. Started dropping some pretty bullets in no time at all. I cast about 100 of them for my testing and while they were cooling I set up my Star Sizer. Just a note, I am sizing/lubing this long hollowpoint slug nose first at .3135". I loaded up about 10 of them and at 12 BHN I was able to seat them without deforming the HP.
Me and Dick been laughing at ole Callshot for about 2 weeks now so hard we have started laughing at each other. I been telling Dick he has got to STOP one of these Sledgehammers so we can get an idea of how it is expanding. The only thing is, every thing Dick shoots it at gives him a complete pass thru! So Dick starts telling me how last night he set up a gallon jug of water backed by a stout stack of wet newspaper determined to try and stop a Sledgehammer. When he shoots the jug all that water in the jug has no where to go but back in Dicks direction soaking him to the socks in his crocs. And on top of that, the Sledgehammer bullet is no where to be found for another complete pass thru. My buddy Dick tells me ole Callshot was pretty entertained at all of this....
Speaking of entertained, Jeff, you are pretty funny. I hope I see you in Idaho. I also hope you can hold your breath for a good while..... :-)
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Post by dmize on Jun 24, 2014 16:39:00 GMT -5
For what its worth,and Im sure it carries no relevance to the conversation. I have a steel plate on my pond bank at 125 yards. I have recovered a couple Sledgehammers from the clay mud pond bank. They were cast of water dropped wheel weight,using the Penta pin and fired out of a 32 H&R over 11 1/2 grains of H110. They looked like I could load them and fire them again. Even the checks were still attached. I know they are still trucking at that distance because plate strikes result in a cloud of gray dust.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Jun 24, 2014 16:48:55 GMT -5
A water dropped wheel weight bullet can be pretty hard depending. I bet they whap that steel plate pretty good tho!
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Post by dmize on Jun 24, 2014 16:57:22 GMT -5
These are apparently really hard. I sent some to Axehandle and he told me his LBT tester checked them at close to 30 I believe but also told me he couldn't find a really good spot to check them at. I should have mentioned that point also.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Jun 24, 2014 17:09:12 GMT -5
Im interested to know what sixgun. Is it a Buckeye? Have you shot any groups on your plate with it at that range??? How is it shooting for you? Its interesting because your post does show that the Sledgehammer is stable at 32 mag velocity at that range.
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Post by callshot on Jun 24, 2014 18:26:09 GMT -5
Fermin & Dick make up stories about me just so thay can laugh. If they told the stone cold truth it would kill them. While I don't usually have respect for that much Crap, I just let them think they got me a little. My mother told me that when someone laughs at me to think of them with no cloths on and just imagine how funny they really are. So keep laughing, but remember your the ones with no cloths on! Mom was right as usual. Laugh till you get a gut ache, don't hurt me a bit. I sure hope I didn't miss-spell anything here so you'd crucify me again.
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Post by snappy on Jun 24, 2014 18:59:39 GMT -5
Speaking of entertained, Jeff, you are pretty funny. I hope I see you in Idaho. I also hope you can hold your breath for a good while..... :-) Hope so too Fermin. Sure, I can take a dunking. I'll hold your beer so you can use both hands! (Stole that line from you haha) The only issue I've had with the Sledgehammer is some deformed noses after sizing/checking the softer-cast hollowpoints. I'm a newbie caster though and have found the mold to be a bit finicky sometimes, with bullets occasionally sticking at the base. (User error, clean, season, repeat). I think the shaft for the gas check on those "sticky" bullets has a little lip so the gas checks aren't seating easily, forcing my hand on the LubaMatic. squish But again: newb, 1st gas check mold, first lube sizer, 1st batch of checks etc. Otherwise I love this bullet. DMize, it's good to hear that your 32 H&R loads of 11.5 grs. H110 are shooting for you. I plan to work some up from 10 grs or so to see where it goes.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Jun 24, 2014 20:47:16 GMT -5
Steve, it's clothes not cloths. And it's you're not your.
Keep working on it! :-)
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Post by dmize on Jun 24, 2014 21:39:34 GMT -5
Im interested to know what sixgun. Is it a Buckeye? Have you shot any groups on your plate with it at that range??? How is it shooting for you? Its interesting because your post does show that the Sledgehammer is stable at 32 mag velocity at that range. 1 is a Buckeye and the other is a 4 5/8 Vaquero. I don't quite have things ironed out enough to give the bullet a fair shake at that distance yet. I have found max loads with H110 in the H&R and the 32-20 tho. And since the sights on the Vaquero are filed for 115 grain bullets,its a no-go in that gun.
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Post by sixshot on Jun 24, 2014 22:25:03 GMT -5
Jeff, the nose profile on this Ferminator slug is wrong for the seating die, on some of them (Dillon) you can turn it around & use the other end, if that doesn't work then you need to make a flat one, I do it the old fashion way, I fill the seater stem with JB weld & let it sit over night, works great & drives Fermin crazy!
Dick
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Post by 2 Dogs on Jun 25, 2014 8:08:58 GMT -5
That just drives me BESERK!!!!
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Post by dmize on Jun 25, 2014 10:23:13 GMT -5
Proceed SLOWLY. Things got sticky real quick with my guns. Wiped out primer pockets in about a dozen new Starline cases in my experimenting.
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Post by squawberryman on Jun 25, 2014 10:29:29 GMT -5
Dmize at what loading did you experience that sir? Thank you
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Post by sheriff on Jun 25, 2014 16:36:29 GMT -5
In the FWIW category, i cast some of the Sledgehammers , tested 12, pwdered and baked at 400 for 10min, checked and sized .314, and loaded on a single stage with RCBS dies atop 13.0grs W296 and didn't have any nose deformation. The cases were new Starline, so 12bhn may be the ticket.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Jun 25, 2014 17:41:29 GMT -5
Were they 12 BEFORE baking or AFTER?
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