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Re: Silvalube cast bullets

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 7:42 pm
by drone
They're similar to marmite then. I don't have an axe to grind with them, they cut a 1" group at 25 metres for me off of a rest which is far better than I shoot off hand and, tbh, I was more concerned about the rounds cycling thru my rossi and whether or not they demonstrated any indications of primer flattening etc.
As someone pointed out they are very hard cast but that's ok with me I'm not using them to shoot any critters, yet. There is a school of thought in the states that heavy, very hard bullets at the highest possible velocity are a ticket to great penetration, not quite sure if I'd want to use round nose bullets though.

Re: Silvalube cast bullets

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:02 pm
by shoppe
I have seen folk shooting PP1 and PP2 into a rugged hole ( about 1 inch to 1 .5 inch) competitions at Bisley and in Scotland so they must have suited a lot of revolvers!

Re: Silvalube cast bullets

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:49 pm
by Mike 01
All this talk of Silvalube bullets is a real blast from the past. I used to use them in my S&W 686 for PP1 and thought they were pretty good - certainly they suited my revolver. Happy days!

Re: Silvalube cast bullets

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 1:01 am
by 1066
Anyone remember Bingley bullets? Nicely made .38 swaged 148gn full wadcutters. Or the old chap who made the bullet swager, always had a stand at the AD meetings, who used to supply me with well made .312 98gn wadcutters.

Re: Silvalube cast bullets

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:45 am
by dromia
Yes I remember Bingley Allan from the Pistol days, being swaged they were finely made nice and soft bullets.

Nalan bullet swaging equipment?

Re: Silvalube cast bullets

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 8:31 pm
by drone
15th june deal indoors 5 rounds 38 sp silvalube 158 grns.jpg
This is a group I shot offhand with my rossi 357 r92 to sight the gun in I just replaced the stupid buckhorn thing with a fold down sight.
The range is 25 yards and I need to move the rear sight over a bit to get the windage right. Elevation is OK for now.
Just noticed the image is rotated 90 degrees, the group is actually high and left.