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Typically I favor a heavier bullet moving slower with cast loads. So I would choose the lee 170 grain. I typically pan lube with one of my homemade lubes or i have dip lubed with liquid alox for cast rifle loads.I have ran several cast loads in rifles to 2500 fps when the the fitment, alloy and lube is right. I size and seat the gas checks on most all my 30 caliber bullets through a Lee 309 sizer that I opened up with a dowel and wet sand cloth to around .310. The .310 size has worked for the handful of 30 calibers I load for.
I use alot of H4895 in cast loads because of it's ability to do well with reduced loads.
Check out from " ingot to target", a gracious free download from its authors Glen Fryxell Robert Applegate. If it's still an option print it and keep the copy handy.
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Great info thanks for posting.
I immediately noticed that certain information is in direct alignment with various texts that were published both years ago and currently in publication at the present time.
The info is compiled in a way that would normally preclude having to collect a number of different publications that are often expensive and sometimes hard to find.
The authors did an excellent job of condensing the subject matter into a format that is easy to digest and that could be used as a reference very easily. Very gracious to say the least.