.32 Remington cast bullet, Ideal #321317

[texassako]

I have been having a ball loading and shooting cast bullets lately and Tom at Accurate Molds made a design inspired by the Ideal #321317 designed specifically for the .32 Remington Autoloader. It is inspired by that mold since there must be a flat nose for his equipment. There are not to many options for .321" bullets these days, not to mentions M8 and M81 bores are actually ~.319". It should work well in 14s and 141s as well with the flat nose. I just ordered it; so it is still a few weeks away. I figured others here might like to know since cast bullet questions have popped up in the past. The design: http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_det ... 155L-D.png

[texassako]

There does not seem to be much interest, but I have it now. I have not lubed or sized except a couple for fitting with a temporary "hole in a nut", still need the proper tools. Crimp groove is about where the bullet will be .050" off the lands, the test fit bullet's top band is already partially engraved with the rifling in the pic. No throat on this compared with my .25 Rem that needed more than the magazine would allow with a fairly fat 115gr flat nose.

[texassako]

It is definitely a good design! 1.5" at 50 yds with 11 gr of Unique(does not cycle action) and 2" at 50 with a 34gr Leverevolution full power test load. Even better was it cleaned up with one wet and one dry patch after 50 rounds (I was testing a 105gr load as well). No more buying, or finding, .321" bullets for the .32 now. It is to bad the .25's front sight drifted out on the same trip after a couple of rounds.

[olskool]

i have killed two deer with that bullet in my model 8 and a couple with my 32 hps marlin 336 it shoots great and kills dead with imr 4895

[Sarge756]

Thanks for your post. I scored a box of Speer hot core 170 gr Flat points awhile back but know they won`t last forever. The rolling your own with bullets home made has an appeal and I plan to give it a try. The 155 cast looks like a great bullet.
Joe

[Phyrbird]

I like this mould, but take a look at the #32-175T on this site. Pope style bands, tapered, not gas checked,(expensive) this configuration should provide excellent accuracy with a serious wallop when loaded to velocities that minimize bore leading.
Sadly Lee doesn't make any close to .320.