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Offline jrhen

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Rifling for lead bullets
« on: May 19, 2006, 06:16:30 PM »
One of those Big 5 lever action rifles keeps talking to me when I see them in the Sunday paper.... I have read some other forums about the quality of the wood (Birch vs Walnut) in Big 5 firearms and will do some more shopping before I purchase.

I reload 240 gr lead bullets with 16 grains of Blue Dot for my Ruger pistol.and after looking over the reloading manual I can use the same load in both firearms.  I don't cast my own bullets so the over swagging option is out.

What I couldn't find was which style of rifleing I need to purchase to use the lead bullets.  


Thank you for your responses.
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Rifling for lead bullets
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2006, 02:42:48 AM »
I have a Marlin 30-30 with a micro-groove barrel that all I've ever shot out of it are lead bullets. It is very accurate. After shooting I just run an oiled bore snake through it, before shooting I run a dry bore snake through it. I can shoot it all day without a loss of accuracy from leading.

Don't believe all the poo-poo you hear about micro-groove.
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