aquarist
06-27-2016, 01:11 PM
I've saved up enough to afford a nice NOE mold for my new 300blk AR. When I was in the middle of the build process I did purchase some test projectiles from various members here and a local gun forum. Having shot most of my test projectiles it is now time to pony up and buy that mold!!! But I've a few questions before I order, given the price of these molds I want to make sure I get the right one the first time around.
I did get in some of the NOE 311-247-fn WHISPR projectiles, but ran into issues with them feeding from my magazines reliably, it seemed if I had more than a couple rounds in the magazine it would bind up, I tried different OALs but continued to have the same issue. When I shortened up some of the test rounds I found that they would not longer feed from the magazine unless they were on the left side of the magazine, the rounds from the right side would bind up on the feed ramp and leave a decent gash in the lead projectile.
Having had that problem with the 247 grain projectiles I started looking at the NOE website for alternatives and found the 311-230-fn BLKOUT mold (http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.php?cPath=30_333&osCsid=2ktgg8hgo0170gqn4f025v3634) this seems like it's a slimmer projectile and may work better in an AR style rifle, and being fed via a magazine. I plan on using Troy Battle Magazines if that matters at all, I have a large number of those already. Would prefer not to have to buy additional magazines if that can be avoided. Just hoping for some feed back on this mold, on if it will function reliably on the AR platform with no feeding issues, or issues binding in the magazine. All help is greatly appreciated having only bought Lee molds in the past this is a big leap forward in price, so hoping to get the correct mold for my needs, even if that means it isn't an NOE mold.
I'll post some pictures of what the projectiles look like after they fail to chamber/feed and I have to force them to extract.
I did get in some of the NOE 311-247-fn WHISPR projectiles, but ran into issues with them feeding from my magazines reliably, it seemed if I had more than a couple rounds in the magazine it would bind up, I tried different OALs but continued to have the same issue. When I shortened up some of the test rounds I found that they would not longer feed from the magazine unless they were on the left side of the magazine, the rounds from the right side would bind up on the feed ramp and leave a decent gash in the lead projectile.
Having had that problem with the 247 grain projectiles I started looking at the NOE website for alternatives and found the 311-230-fn BLKOUT mold (http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.php?cPath=30_333&osCsid=2ktgg8hgo0170gqn4f025v3634) this seems like it's a slimmer projectile and may work better in an AR style rifle, and being fed via a magazine. I plan on using Troy Battle Magazines if that matters at all, I have a large number of those already. Would prefer not to have to buy additional magazines if that can be avoided. Just hoping for some feed back on this mold, on if it will function reliably on the AR platform with no feeding issues, or issues binding in the magazine. All help is greatly appreciated having only bought Lee molds in the past this is a big leap forward in price, so hoping to get the correct mold for my needs, even if that means it isn't an NOE mold.
I'll post some pictures of what the projectiles look like after they fail to chamber/feed and I have to force them to extract.