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Slugged my first two bores today. Both 8mm Mauser. The current ammo situation has made me realize I actually need to start reloading! Im focusing on big bore rifle and working down from there. Welded up a little micro lead smelter and drilled holes into scrap wood to act as a cast to get my preformed lead slugs a little over bore diameter (.340"ish) 8mm theoretical dia is .323. Both the M48 and Zastava M70 measured out to essentially the same thing, hooray! .323/.3225ish. Im looking to focus on lead casting for 8mm for now as I still have a few thousand surplus rounds. Any pro tips? Ive never reloaded before. Also, what cast size should I go for? Im guessing .324 ideally or .325 max. Thanks, scrounging forums and Youtube to figure this stuff out. I used a digital and manual micrometer, hence the double measurements. I trust the manual one more.