Well I am about ready to try casting my own bullets and plan to make some 148gr DEWCs similar to the ones I have been using from Missouri Bullet Co. I bought 6000 a couple years ago and are starting to run out.....Theirs have two large lube grooves and the mold I have is a Lee with multiple small grooves. The diameter of the DEWCs in both cases is supposed to be 0.357 give or take the tolerance of the molds.
Anyways, I slugged both my 357 magnums just out of curiosity and here are the results:
- Model 66 (no dash) cylinder (all 6 holes) slight resistance to existing DEWC. Barrel has 5 lands and very deep and without the V block I can't measure the actual diameter.
- Model 327 TRR8 cylinder (all 8 holes) there was minimal to no resistence to same size DEWC. Barrel has 6 lands and seem to be shallow compared to the Hog Hunter but the resistance of hitting the brass rod to drive the bullet through the barrel felt just about equal.
My question is should the cylinder have a smaller diameter in each bore in the TRR8 or is this the way new allow guns are made. Surprisingly both have nearly the exact same grouping at 10, 20 and 25 yards with the same DEWC loads! Any thoughts are appreciated.
Anyways, I slugged both my 357 magnums just out of curiosity and here are the results:
- Model 66 (no dash) cylinder (all 6 holes) slight resistance to existing DEWC. Barrel has 5 lands and very deep and without the V block I can't measure the actual diameter.
- Model 327 TRR8 cylinder (all 8 holes) there was minimal to no resistence to same size DEWC. Barrel has 6 lands and seem to be shallow compared to the Hog Hunter but the resistance of hitting the brass rod to drive the bullet through the barrel felt just about equal.
My question is should the cylinder have a smaller diameter in each bore in the TRR8 or is this the way new allow guns are made. Surprisingly both have nearly the exact same grouping at 10, 20 and 25 yards with the same DEWC loads! Any thoughts are appreciated.