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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12358 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Latest acquisition Reply #45 - Jun 18^th, 2026 at 6:57pm	Print Post
	The Ron Long spitzer measures .379 on the base. A little big but it seats easily and might work. What could possibly go wrong?

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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2103 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: Latest acquisition Reply #46 - Jun 18^th, 2026 at 7:43pm	Print Post
	Long ago in a galaxy far far away, Ron made a mold almost exactly like yours for me, but the base band is .382 and tapered to fit my highwall at .381. It works extremely well. I would bet it will work well in yours.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12358 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Latest acquisition Reply #47 - Jun 18^th, 2026 at 9:00pm	Print Post
	I bet it works great. Maybe Saturday after the BPCRS match I'll set the rifle on a bench and give it a try. Very windy at Blackfoot however. Weather forecast predicts 23 MPH winds in the afternoon. To windy, I won't bother. I've got a spot here local where if I get set up before six AM I can catch slack wind conditions. Bullets and powder don't grow on trees these days.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12358 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Latest acquisition Reply #48 - Jun 19^th, 2026 at 7:14pm	Print Post
	Bullet candidate # 4. NEI 375-277. Casts .377 X .365. Bullet is from a like new mold that would not cast a good bullet no matter what I did. Nose pour mold. Finally milled the top of the mold blocks to open the nose. Makes good bullets now. As you can see the minor diameter does not allow the bullet to touch the lands. Might work. Might be to short for a 15 1/2 inch twist.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3791 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Latest acquisition Reply #49 - Jun 19^th, 2026 at 7:40pm	Print Post
	Looks like you are using raspberry jelly for a lube. Try peanut butter in the first three grooves. PBJ bullets shoot good!

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12358 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Latest acquisition Reply #50 - Jun 19^th, 2026 at 7:46pm	Print Post
	The lube happens to be Javelina Schuetzen lube. Peanut butter? I bet it would work but it has salt in it. Might still work. Do you use peanut butter for lube, Jack?

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3791 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Latest acquisition Reply #51 - Jun 19^th, 2026 at 9:50pm	Print Post
	I tried it for a while. First I used the chunky style but I got too many flyers and the chunks would make inserting the breech seating case hard at times. Then I tried Skippy creamy with good results. I had to give it up though when the lead levels in my blood spiked from licking my fingers. The other issue was squirrels would gnaw on my targets between shots.

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boats Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7731 Location: Virginia Joined: Apr 23^rd, 2004	Re: Latest acquisition Reply #52 - yesterday at 6:58am	Print Post
	You did well on that one. Boats


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12358 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Latest acquisition Reply #53 - Today at 2:51pm	Print Post
	It's my new favorite rifle. The wind was howling at Blackfoot yesterday so no shooting. The old Lincoln blew out a ball joint at 70 MPH on the way home. Have to deal with that tomorrow. Luckily I kept it off the wall. Mario would be proud of me. Going to shoot the new Ballard soon.

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