Has anyone ever tried ..........

[Jack Stanley]

I just got to thinking about nose-pour molds . Those I have seen tend to be expensive and it got me to wondering if anyone has ever had a mold cut to be a nose-pour without having the normal double sprue plate ? I'm thinking something like Veral Smith or NEI just cutting the cavity the opposite way . Would or does that work ?

Thanks , Jack

[DLCTEX]

A flat base would be problematic in removing the boolit from the mold. The base would probably have to be convex to make it work smoothly. That's the only issues I see. DALE:Fire:

[Bent Ramrod]

Jack,

I have such a cavity in what looks like a set of test blocks, maybe by SAECO (3 cavity mould, 3 different cavities) It looks somewhat like the cavity for Ideal 356402. The problem I would see with manufacture of this type of mould is if you wanted a reasonably small meplat on the nose (and, of course, you have to have a meplat of some size) you would need a cherry with a very thin shank, which would be easily broken. With the swinging top-and-bottom plate design, you can use a regular cherry with the shank the size of the bullet diameter and basically turn the blocks upside down to get the nose pour feature.

[floodgate]

Jack:

Ideal and Lyman have made a few over the years, the most recent being Paul Matthews' #457676, made as a short run in 2002. It was a long bullet (501 grs.) for the s/c blocks used, leaving the metal under the base very thin, and those who tried it say the bases did not fill out well, probably due to excessive heat loss.

floodgate

[Doughty]

Don Eagen made them before he died. Probably the winingest mould in CBA matches.

[Gussy]

I took a pain in the a** Lyman mould and milled the blocks down to the point and made a nose pour out of it, but with 2 plates. It went from PITA to one of my favorites.
Gus