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Thanks for the replies, fellas. Think I will try the mold with the intention of powder coating and sizing to .430 (because I don't have a .431). I've never had a bad one from Lee.

Yeah, I paid less than $200 for the ones I bought, but 15- 20-ish years ago, when you could find a Finn Mosin Model 39 at Big Five for $100 .... SIGH ...

I was checking some loads in the Bulldog this morning. The RCBS Keith at 260 grains over 6.3 of Unique was bearable, but not comfortable. The same bullet over 4.5 of Bullseye seemed a little easier...

I've had a couple of them, and when using ammo from Buffalo Arms they were very pleasant shooters. The designer, Charles Petter, patented his action and SIG bought rights to produce it as the SIG...

Filing your experience away in the memory banks, Tripple. Thanks.

Ask the Germans what they thought about getting stitched by a GI with an M-1 Carbine.

Took a new Bulldog to the range a couple of days ago and fired a variety of .44 Russian and .44 Special handloads through it. It will be another good shooter, but I got about a 10-percent light...

Well, I should know sometime next week. Hope it comes out fo the box "right," but that's not often the case with Ruger.

Sorry to hear about the sights, 6.5. Ruger's inconsistent QC is baffling -- and yet I keep buying the damned things.
You know what they say about insanity:
‘Insanity is doing the same thing over...

Joe, the PC boolits would not be my first choice but I didn't have any others cast. I agree on the PC taking up valuable lube groove real estate, especially considering the lube has to control 28...

Made up a sample of five rounds of the Lee bullet, powder coated and hand-lubed with SPG over 40 grains Olde Eynsford FFg drop-tubed, wad seated and compressed by bullet seating. These ought to be...

David, thanks for posting that article. This is bringing back a lot of happy memories of being a kid in the late Sixties eagerly devouring the newest Herter's catalog. George was an incredible...

Joe, I will load some with Olde Eynesford, just because it is the right thing to do.8-)
The more I think about these issues and this thread the more embarrassed I am that it did not occur to me the...

Lyman 51st shows 1700-1800 but yes, that's probably much too fast for range scrap. I have some loaded way down around 1300 and will see how they do. Taking a closer look, I do see some leading....

Delkal, I agree. I think a moderator has to do it. I don't know how.

Fellas thanks. The rifle was barreled with a Douglas .375 groove barrel and can be loaded as a .38-55 or a .375 Winchester. It was custom built by a retired Army armorer and gunsmith in Iowa for a...

Grooves measure .375.

Thanks Arnie. Sorry for the double post.

I recently came into a Marlin 336 rebarreled with a 28-inch Douglas .375 barrel with 1:14 twist and chambered to .38-55. I sized some Lee 379-250s RFs cast of range scrap and tumbled them in liquid...

I'd bet that's the batch mine came from. I will report once I have it in hand. Glad to hear you didn't perceive any barrel choke.
Were the throats on the .45 Colt cylinder similar to the throats on...

Thanks Doug. It appears Ruger just made a small run of stainless Bisleys in .45 Colt/.45 ACP, as the usual suspects -- Bud's, Grabagun, Kygunco -- have them in stock and there are several on...

Are they running close to optimum lately? Have a new .45 Colt Bisley incoming and wonder what to expect -- and hope to hell it is not undersize throats and a choked barrel where it screws into the...

I had the Taurus snub for a while and was pretty impressed with it. I am playing with .30 Super Carry currently, but might well go back to it. It is a very flexible cartridge that seems to punch...

Tom, I would also look for inspiration by researching the original military loads for the Potsdams. Is paper patching allowed in N-SSA skirmishes?
Bill

That makes sense. I should have specified all bullets of the same finished diameter just to remove another variable.