The most accurate bullet, all other things being equal, will be the one with the best distribution of mass around the desired axis of rotation.
That is why Paul Jones' and Steve Brooks' moulds are used to cast superb bullets. I have a 540 gr PJ Creedmore
mould here at the house, and moulds from Steve Brooks in various calibers and weights. Recently Buffalo Arms is
starting to bore moulds on a CNC lathe and I have a 510 gr Creedmore mould from them and are a good buy
for the money.
Hoch nose pour moulds cast good bullets, with superb bases, but are a little harder to get casting correctly.
Temperature is critical on a nose pour mould. I now heat them up over the gas burner in the kitchen set on low
to help get them up to temp without having to cast 20+ bullets.
I have a Steve Brooks mould that I acquired when I bought a rifle. The rifle was in better shape than the mould
to say the least. I was able to drill out the frozen mounting screw and get it to line up better. It still sometimes
casts fins on the bullets where it appears to have been tried to lap it out a little. HOWEVER, it still makes a
decent bullet and I have decided to send a sample back to Steve and have him make me a new one. It casts
a 513 gr Creedmore bullet. I really like it for my 45-70's.
I use electronic earmuffs and you can hear unstable bullets. They sound like a hornet buzzing. At Sagebrush's
match in Alliance Neb, we were able to hear someone's unstable bullets even without the use of electricon muffs.
Lately a group of people that I am acquainted with are really moving towards the paper patched bullet for the
utmost in accuracy. I guess I am going to have to try that next. You have to wipe the bore between each shot
though. They are also (courtesy of Dan Theodore, amongst others) working on the nose profiles to create a
more aerodynamic bullet that deals with the time above, below and the transition through the sonic barrier.
Rick Mulhern shot this one at 1000 yds using a paper patched 50-90. ALSO needless to say, as I have been
saying in my different posts in this thread, I and no one that I know, ascribe to the statement that these rifles
are not as accurate in the shorter ranges as they are at distance.
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dc