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Echd
10-09-2013, 11:38 PM
Had to have another toy for the reloading bench, and got ahold of one of their 230gr .45 HPs. Very well made mold and cast very well after following the break-in instructions. I believe it's actually an old one from one of the group buys on this site. You can see it here: http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_info.php?cPath=41&products_id=267&osCsid=pnrdvtr4vjcsrj3uhu91hatk22

I found that this mold likes it hot- and I mean REALLY REALLY hot! I thought I was going to wear myself out tapping my handles with my rubber mallet to get boolits to release, but after a while it got real regular- one pop to bust the sprues, then a tap on my handles to let both of the pins swing out and drop the boolits. I found that another quick tap would often make the boolits leap right off the pins, which amused me greatly.

Definitely take the time to get a mold like this up to temp before casting, or you will hate life in short order! But once hot you can make it sing.

http://i.imgur.com/3bwQi7q.jpg

Alloy is plain COWW, air cooled. I wanted these soft to see how they'll expand in various mediums- hoping I can recover a good number of them.

But wait, there's more!

They got a trip through the cooker:

http://i.imgur.com/d7kSi1r.jpg

and now they're ready for loading tomorrow morning. A couple wrinklies in there, but I don't think they'll cause any problems!

http://i.imgur.com/qfKtPNF.jpg

Like when they were dropped, I let them air cool out of the oven. That might have been a mistake, I don't know, but we'll see what expansion looks like. I doubt lead can be "too soft" for a .45 with a 230 gr pill.

I'm hoping my G30 likes these. I cannot get it to eat SWCs no matter what, and that's what almost all of my .45 molds are.

35 shooter
10-09-2013, 11:55 PM
I ordered one monday for my 35 whelen. Thanks for the tip on getting em really hot. Never used an aluminum mould before so i'm looking forward to it getting here.

Echo
10-10-2013, 06:02 PM
The purchase of a boolit mold from Swede Nelson definitely disqualifies you from being a fool...

Love Life
10-10-2013, 06:15 PM
One thing I've noticed about all of my NOE moulds is that they like to run hot. They sure do drop a pile of pretty boolits though. Their 5 cavity moulds are the bee's knees!! Now all they need to do is another run of the 358429...

s mac
10-10-2013, 09:41 PM
I bought my first NOE mold three weeks ago, I like it so well I ordered another last weekend, received it today, can't wait to try it.

armoredman
10-10-2013, 11:18 PM
I only have one - love it

rintinglen
10-11-2013, 06:03 AM
I have 2 of his RG molds, one 9mm, and one 45, 3 of his 4 cavity Aluminum molds in 30 Louverin styles, one of his brass molds, and 2 of his 44 wadcutter molds. They are excellent, absolutely top quality. I will buy more.

Echd
10-11-2013, 11:30 AM
Probably made and shot about 100 loaded rounds of these now, and they feed flawlessly in all my .45s. Very happy with the mold and bullet. Thanks to the folks at NOE, and I believe 45 2.1 who designed the bullet itself.

Plus, they look too cool, especially painted up like that.

http://i.imgur.com/pzb8Q6K.jpg

Dale in Louisiana
10-11-2013, 04:03 PM
Man, you need to be VERY careful. Those black boolits are orders of magnitude more eeeevil than the old silver ones.

dale in Louisiana