Do you mean .580 and .560?The barrel is by Dan Whitacre and mics 0.058". The mould is a Lee and the balls mic 0.056".
My Euroarms P1853 has a Whitacre barrel. I size my bullets to .576 to use in it.
Steve
When shooting regular expanding ball bullets, what I do is just size bullets up .001" at a time until one doesn't fit, and then I back off by .001".
But again, this won't help you for making British Enfield paper-patched bullets - in that case your bullet must be undersized to account for the thickness of the paper patch.
Steve
John I think is try to say is start with one size then up .001 on the sizer until you get one that will not fit
Jesse
LOL, you have to use the famous "bullet stretcher"!!!Steve, I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean by "size bullets up". I've sized plenty down over the years when handloading but how do you size one up?
Jesse is right, what I was trying to say is I will size bullets in .001" increments, until I find one that doesn't fit. Then I go back to the next smallest size that did fit.
So I'll size bullets, say, in .574, .575, .576, .577, and if .577 doesn't fit, then I go back to .576.
Steve
Gil Davis Tercenio
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34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Great, great grandson of Cpl Elijah S Davis, Co I, 6th Alabama Inf CSA
I sure do appreciate all the good advice even if it is a mite confusing. Hope to be able to return the favor someday!
John
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