434-250 is HERE...:-) :-) :-)

[Willbird]

Dougie's new lathe is FAST I guess, it has been less than 4 weeks since they recieved the order and $$

I will cast a few tomorrow to verify there is not some error, and get to shipping them out to the lucky owners...............there are extras...........



Bill

[Bigscot]

I might be interested in one of the extras. Could you post a pic of the mould and the finished boolit?

BS

[TCLouis]

Thanx for your efforts.

Seems like the "easier" molds are quicker.

May be the new CNC machine at Lee also!

[buck1]

[QUOTE=TCLouis]Thanx for your efforts. QUOTE]
The same from me also!!!!!!! ....Buck

[Willbird]

BigScott I will do that tomorrow, there are drawings on the bullet on the thread about it in group buy's

Bill

[Willbird]

I cleaned my copy of the 434-250 mold with dawn dish detergeant a toothbrush, and hot water, I removed the sprue plate and stoned off it's underside, and lightly stoned the top of the mold blocks, I re-assembled with dabs of Lee liquid alox on the moving bits. I smoked the cavities with a butane lighter.

I heated the rcbs pro-melt and starting making bullets. after about 6 throws we were making good bullets, I cast 100 or so.

They measure .4320 to .4335 with .0005-.001 out of round, 10 samples pulled at random weighed 248 to 248.5 grains.

Knowing Lee I figuired the dia was going to run smaller than the .434 we specced out.

I did shoot a few and accuracy at 50 yards was 2-3 inches right out of the box, that is the best my Redhawk has ever shot with cast bullets.

We are getting the molds ready to ship now

Bill

[drinks]

Bill;
Looks fine, nice big base band so I will not have any problems turning for a gas check.
Thanks again for letting me in at the last minute.
Don

[drinks]

Bill;
Were the different diameters from different cavities, or did you check them that way?
Don

[Willbird]

I did not sort them for cavity no.

Bill

[Buckshot]

..............Willbird, if your alloy was WW and someone wanted a fatter slug, all they'd have to do would be to add 5lbs or so of lino (to a 20lb pot) to fatten a slug that diameter up to a bit over .434 from the .4335" measurement.

.............Buckshot

[45 2.1]

I see something else that was changed. Dougie put a three degree draft on the meplat, that wasn't spec'd like that. It was supposed to be a flat nose! I wish "that guy" would cut them as spec'd!!!

[Bass Ackward]

I see something else that was changed. Dougie put a three degree draft on the meplat, that wasn't spec'd like that. It was supposed to be a flat nose! I wish "that guy" would cut them as spec'd!!!

Bob,

I wondered about that.

[Willbird]

Well most folks thought the .434 was too big (and I built in the extra thou just in case Dougie made them small), so I was willing to set with that, but on the 314-120 we are lining up, if they come out that much under print they are going back to Lee.

Bill

[buck1]

Bob,

I wondered about that.


I thought it was the camera angle. ...Buck

[Willbird]

Well I knew there would be some draft there, did not take a bullet to work and run it across the optical comparator to measure it.

Bill

[buck1]

Silght angle or not, It sure looks gooooood TO ME !!!!!! :) .....BUCK