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Old 02-02-2020, 06:16 PM
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Nice to see guys shooting lead from their .17's. I didn't know.
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Old 02-02-2020, 07:22 PM
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I must be looking at the wrong site, as posted/webpage, as they say all sold out on the bullets and I find to path for a 17 caliber mold, by them. Where have I missed ? BIll K
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Old 02-02-2020, 07:57 PM
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Bill,check noebulletmolds.com. They are out of the 32gr but have the 26 gr. They are a hollow point bullet. That may be tricky to cast. My 27 gr isn't a hollow point but they may have stopped making that one.
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Old 02-02-2020, 08:38 PM
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Thank you Ray. Found it. Bill K For the time being, anyone know where a person could buy 100 of the lighter one's ? 24 grain or so. Bill K
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Old 02-02-2020, 11:48 PM
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17tbs, thanks for the info. I would have bet good money my 32 gr was gas checked so dug it out, it's plain base like yours. I also dug out the 27 gr mold and it's gas checked. I built a new casting bench last year but the first time I fluxed the pot it set off the smoke detector. I need to come up with a way to vent the bench to the outside before I can start casting. I made up 10 lb of a 20-1 alloy, what do you think? What are you using for lube?

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No, not really, but it probably would work. : .

Actually I just use marine lithium grease, or any old standard wax.

The other option I have used is clean and lube the barrel. This is for me a low volume use bullet. At most four or five shots before I put it up, so though there is some dirty unburned powder, it doesn't really matter for my application. If I seat the bullet way out so that firmly engages the lands, the powder burns much more cleanly. None of my primers using this bullet ever are flat, the calculated pressures are well below 10,000psi. That low pressure probably keeps the leading problem way down.
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Old 02-03-2020, 01:29 AM
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Ok... nobody spelled it out for my poor comprehension skills so I have to ask...

Why. Why would anyone ever cast 17s.

Don’t get me wrong, I like to do things and have done a lot of cast bullets for a 5mm mag...

It just seems to me the slow moving cast bullets would take the fun out of a 17? I guess it’s hard for me to have the good vision you all do
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Old 02-03-2020, 04:16 AM
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I just thought maybe for some short range indoor shooting or even in the pellet rifle, for a fun project.
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Old 02-03-2020, 10:15 AM
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I didn’t think about a pellet gun. I suppose it would make a good back yard critter getter if you live in a more populated area?

They should be fun to play with, I enjoy making 30 gr, 20 caliber bullets.
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Old 02-03-2020, 12:42 PM
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Pellet guns are .177, sorry. but NOE makes pellet molds, not sure if in 17 though.
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Old 02-03-2020, 06:03 PM
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.217's and .218's for the .22 cal. air rifles are the smallest pellet moulds, I think.
Gary, I've used my Weirhauch .177 Model 97 underlever on gophers to 56yards.
One farm we shot up had a lot of the rats around buildings and horse pens/corrals
where we would/could not use the RF's or CF's. One year I took the air rifle down
and had a blast. I used the "Predator" re-plastic tipped lead HP's - worked very well
with head and chest hits to 56yards. You just have to find out which pellet shoots
best in your rifle. Some can be as finicky as CF rifles are with bullets and loads.
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