H20, I won't be back in the country for another couple of months. I might contact you for a trade when I get back but can't do anything at this point.

I know there has to be someone out there getting good groups with a "hunting" cast bullet in the 97. One thing I liked about going with a FA is that because of their production tolerances there's better chance of "it worked for his gun, pretty good chance it'll work for mine" scenario. Not a sure thing but better odds than my Ruger's.

My hope is that posting it here (I might post it over at Castboolits also to get the Pb guys input) we can nail down 4-5 hunting designs that seem to work with FA's dimensions. With the 1.61 OAL limitation a lot of my Ruger 45 notes don't apply here so I'm trying to expand on my notes.

I know Brian Pearce did an article on the 97 in 45 Colt (Nov 2004 Handloader 231) I think I'm going to order a backcopy and see what he was shooting. He usually has at least a couple of cast loads mixed in with his results.
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