Anyone loading 50 beowulf

[Pika]

I just purchased a 50 Beowulf upper, lee mold c501-440-rf.I have casted 440 gr bullets gas checked and Im looking for load data for them. Does anyone have any experience with this combo?
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[rbt50]

I do with jacket bullets but not cast.

 

[Pika]

Having a hard time finding trustworthy cast bullet reloading specs.
What bullet and powder are you loading?

 

[shooter444]

Pika,... I just checked in my Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook. But, It only has load data for the 50AE and 500S&W.

I do have to comment on your mold choice.

I really like extra wide metplats, they cut into a target at a wider range of angles than a round nose or a truncated profile, imo. But, I have run into some semi-auto feeding problems, with them. Don't know what you are going to shoot these boolits out of, just sharing an observation.

And I really like the contour of the lube grooves!! Ya, they are probably crimp grooves,... but, I like a lot of lube on my cast boolits!! And I like to use Lee's Factory crimp Die with a very strong crimp on the flat side of the boolit!! So, I would use them for lube. They look like they would allow lube to exit into the bore, very nicely.

Of course, only if the lube is soft enough.

Here is a Accurate boolit design with a nice large lube groove, with arched sides, rather than sharp angled sides. It is my next mold for 45 acp. My other molds from Accurate have this same lube groove profile, and my bores are bright and shiny after hundreds of rounds. It releases my soft lube very efficiently.



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[Elk34]

This is what I have. O by the way , good luck finding brass cheap.

 

[Pika]

Thanks for the specs.I have powercoated and gas checked the cast projectiles,they look great. looking for cast bullet loading specs or experience with them.

 

[Pika]

Found some info on the net.There was a guy that loaded rl7 and had a col measurement. I loaded 3, gas checked and lubed no coating and they shot well.I'll have now loaded 12 more with powder coating.