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Aloysius Super Member
Joined: Nov 03, 2009 Posts: 2438 Location: B., Belgium
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 11:35 am Post subject: Re: 6.5x55 Swedish |
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Vince, I have the Lyman mould and I'm not so excited about the performance of the slug on wood, but I never tried different alloys, always pure lead. And I also have some tests in my mind: such as different conicals from the BP-rifle, even lead balls, with and without a small piece of rope glued in the bottom to give it more a dartarrow-performance. I like them slugs with the wad attached to the bottom om the slug, in my opinion it helps to stabilize things.
There are still many tests to do in this kind af shooting...
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MacD Super Member
Joined: Apr 08, 2011 Posts: 1052 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:54 pm Post subject: Re: 6.5x55 Swedish |
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A slug gives up its energy quickly once it hits the chest of a moose. Even at 20 meters it won't normally exit the other side. When it hits a rib it is likely to come apart. This is from my own experience. The same slug shot into a 4 inch piece of softwood holds together much better. I suppose the tight channel of the wood keeps it from separating into pieces. All the slugs I have used have been factory so I do not know their hardness.
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Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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chambered221 Super Member
Joined: Aug 17, 2007 Posts: 3455 Location: Lost for good !!!
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:19 am Post subject: Re: 6.5x55 Swedish |
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Never shot anything other than paper and deer with a slug gun.....told me everything I needed to know !!!
Wouldn't think twice about taking a 125 yard shot with my old smoothbore loaded with Winchester 1oz slugs.
Had more confidence in that gun than some rifles I've owned over the years.
Spend enough time with a smoothy and you may find yourself questioning the myths that surround them.
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MacD Super Member
Joined: Apr 08, 2011 Posts: 1052 Location: Canada
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:26 am Post subject: Re: 6.5x55 Swedish |
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Vince
Have you tried water quenching or heat treating? I have some .454 bullets made from wheel weight lead ingots that I water quenched as I cast the bullets. I don't have a hardness tester but using the "fingernail" test they seem to be harder than my air cooled ones using the same melt. I loaded them up for both. 45 Colt and. 45 ACP but haven't fired them yet. Sometime in the future I intend to try casting for the 6.5. I haven't calculated the hardness of bullets needed for the pressures since I need a hardness tester. This article, www.lasc.us/HeatTreat.htm refers as does the link I posted earlier to Glen Fryxell's book. There is also an excellent discussion of bullet hardness and its relationship to pressure found in the second edition of Lee's handbook.
It is almost impossible to get linotype alloy here. I do add tin solder to my pot to improve casting but my only practical option to adjust hardness is quenching or treating.
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8314 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:40 am Post subject: Re: 6.5x55 Swedish |
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BBBBBOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!
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MacD Super Member
Joined: Apr 08, 2011 Posts: 1052 Location: Canada
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:31 pm Post subject: Re: 6.5x55 Swedish |
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Lol I started to try to read and realized it was all agrbage.
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Ominivision1 Super Member
Joined: Sep 20, 2010 Posts: 2984 Location: Iowa
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: 6.5x55 Swedish |
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He's back, moved thread here so Dallan can ban the spammer.
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English Mike Super Member
Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 1709 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:38 pm Post subject: Re: 6.5x55 Swedish |
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I see Dallan's deaded the dirtbag, so I've deleted its dribble too.
Now where does this belong....?
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