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mr surveyor wrote:Last week I finally got around to ordering some 240 gr lswc's for my new .44 mag fettish. Got a new Rossi in 20" barrel last week to compliment the 7.5" SRH I picked up last year and decided it deserved some "proper" boolits. Mr. Donnie boxed up a "starter batch" of 500 for me last Friday, and the Pony Express (actually, normally it's more like Luke the Plow Mule) had them in my PO box today. They look every bit as good as the .38/.357 and .45acp Bayou Bullets I've come to love so much. Unless this Saturday ends up being that infamous day of TEOTWAWKI (not sure I got all them letters right), I'll be loading up a batch or three to try in the SRH and the Rossi. I was shooting mostly .430" 240 gr RimRock lswc's on the first outing with the Rossi and didn't notice "much" leading issues, and that was through a brand new barrel that wasn't seasoned. Supposedly the Rossi .44's are bored pretty consistantly to .429, so .430 boolits should do fine anyway. The Bayou Bullets are sized to .430 and coated with that wonderful dry gator snot lube, so I'm expecting both an increase in velocity, less lube smoke, and most likely better accuracy.

I can't believe I've "gone green".

mr surveyor wrote:Mr. Cotton

I would be glad to send you a few 230 gr RN .45 acp boolits, and/or some of the 138 gr .38/.357 wc's to try out (all I was able to get before the rush)..if you have time to do any loading. I know you are an extremely busy man, but I also know that it may be a long wait for a shipment of Bayou Bullets. Don't know, but Mr. Donnie may still keep enough on hand to ship out the 100 count sample packages, even though he is back ordered pretty heavily (so I've heard).

mjoplin wrote:Tried out the first 7 and my 1911 sure seems to like them. No noticeable leading. Bit of a funky smell with Clays powder, not heavy and barely discernable, but smelled a bit like burned circuit board... I'm trying out the SWCs next and placing an order. Definitely like them!

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