Yikes!!! NOE .225 Saeco #221 needs a diet!!!

[jdgabbard]

Wow! I had cast up a bunch of these the other week... Let them age, and went to size them up today. Measured at .227-.228 before sizing! Not very many grease grooves left after sizing!

[41 mag fan]

See what happens when you water quench in miracle grow!! :groner::kidding:

[brotherdarrell]

I just got that same mold last week and with an alloy of ww + %tin I got perfectly round @ .227". I solved the problem by sending Buckshot some money for a .227" lube die.:mrgreen::mrgreen:

[brotherdarrell]

Man, sorry for killing your thread.

[jdgabbard]

Naw... Didn't kill the thread. Just was busy with a friend's wedding party tonight.

I did not expect those to grow that much during the course of a few weeks of aging! I figured they'd be right at .225 or mayby .2255 at the most. And I've noticed the size die leaves the top band unsized on on side. Don't know if that is an alignment issue or a size issue. But either way these seem to be almost over size, and swage out quite a bit with any pressure what so ever on the lube/sizer handle. These small boolits really are a science!!!