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05-13-2011, 10:45 AM
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Expander die question
I'd like to try shooting some cast bullets in my .35 Remington Marlin 336; however, I'm put off a bit by the fact that I've heard conflicting stories about the 'microgroove' rifling not shooting cast bullets well. I really don't want to invest the time & money in buying molds, handles, ect. and then finding it was all for naught.
I did find a company that supplies cast bullets, and one of them is the 200 grain RCBS flat nose 200 grain GC bullet for the .35 Rem. I'm thinking about buying a box of these and trying them before I put out an investment in the molds. I reload cast bullets for my .30/30, and found that in order to get any accuracy, I had to get a die that flares the case mouth a bit.....no big deal. Before I buy such a thing for the .35, I'm wondering if I can use the expander die from my .357 magnum dies to expand the mouth on the .35 Remington cases enough to load the cast bullets......what do you all think?
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05-13-2011, 01:10 PM
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Mr. 16 gauge,
It will work. Just go slow and judicious and "Bell" the mouths just enough to permit cast bullet base entry into the mouths of the .35 case. I do this all the time for cast bullets in my .35 Whelen using .357 expander plug. Adam
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05-13-2011, 02:01 PM
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Thanks, Adam....guess I'll go ahead and order a box of bullets!
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05-13-2011, 02:54 PM
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Adam is right..and if you have a Lyman expander die..you can just order the right size expander for it. I have 6 different expanders for mine.
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05-15-2011, 06:23 PM
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Only problem with cast in marlin microgrooves is that you need to bump the bullet up slightly over a jacketed bullet.
GoodOlBoy
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