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ligonierbill
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BSA .310 Cadet
Yesterday at 12:08pm
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I know that many of these have been rebarreled. Anyone working with an original .310? Long time reloader looking to acquire one.
  
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Re: BSA .310 Cadet
Reply #1 - yesterday at 3:09pm
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Mine is still in the original caliber. I haven't done lot of load work with it, mainly because of the paucity of cases.  My "go to" load has been 4.0 gr Unique behind a close approximation of the original heeled bullet from a Group Buy mould custom made by Lee back when they did such work for groups of customers.

I have cases made by Kynoch (Berdan primed), Bertram (Boxer primed) and recently came into some custom cases made from shortened and rim-thinned .32-20 shells.

My rifle had the simple ladder rear sight and the triangular front.  It shot an annoying 3" to the left at 100 yd.  I replaced the rear sight with another Cadet sight that has windage adjustment and put a bead on the front for better visibility.

Now the I have enough cases to play with, and the thing can shoot to point of aim, I hope to do more load work with it in the future.
  
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Re: BSA .310 Cadet
Reply #2 - yesterday at 6:12pm
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They are fun to play with once you get the cases made up. Both Arsenal and RCBS Make molds of the original pattern 120gr bullets. Cases can be made from .32-20 brass the hard part is thinning the rims down. I'm using the Arsenal 120gr with 3.5grs of unique in my cadets. They shoot pretty good out to 200 yards.
  
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