Beagle-ing

[Old Jim]

Where do I find the aluminum tape that is recommended for beagle-ing a mold. I have one that would be a whole lot better if it were a couple of thousandths bigger.

[mooman76]

Any good household repair store like Lowes or home Depot should have it. You may have to ask, it is kind of hard to find!

[redneckdan]

I couldn't find a small quantity so I ask for some at my apartment office, they gave me a 3 foot strip fer free. the idea works great

[beagle]

Jim...If you can't find any, do a PM with your address and I'll ship you some./beagle


Where do I find the aluminum tape that is recommended for beagle-ing a mold. I have one that would be a whole lot better if it were a couple of thousandths bigger.

[drinks]

Auto parts stores carry a stainless steel trim tape which works fine.

[Bass Ackward]

There is a permanent way to "beagle" a mold if they are steel molds. I would not attempt it on other materials because of strength. But you can drill and tap one half of the blocks (usually at 3 points) and then install a small allen screw.

Then you have an adjustable means of seperation that can be moved in or out. Just incase you have other guns of the same bore diameter that don't need a larger diameter. It also works well if you just want a little more diameter on the base for checks or what ever.

[beagle]

This does work all right as we tried it while developing the beagling process.

We encountered problems keeping the screws adjusted and locked as a combination of the heat/expansion/tapping to open the mould and drop the bullets soon worked them loose./beagle


There is a permanent way to "beagle" a mold if they are steel molds. I would not attempt it on other materials because of strength. But you can drill and tap one half of the blocks (usually at 3 points) and then install a small allen screw.

Then you have an adjustable means of seperation that can be moved in or out. Just incase you have other guns of the same bore diameter that don't need a larger diameter. It also works well if you just want a little more diameter on the base for checks or what ever.

[Bucks Owin]

I'd be very interested in the long range accuracy of beagled boolits if some of you will keep us up to speed with your experiments....

Silhouette and BR inclined, :mrgreen:

Dennis

[fourarmed]

Dennis, I beagled the mold for my .270 Maximum silhouette pistol with one layer of aluminum tape, as the boreriding nose of the bullet was loose in the bore. I got 200 meter groups (by which I mean groups at 200 meters) of around 3-4 inches. Previously, groups at that range would not reliably stay on a ram.

[Old Jim]

Beagle, PM sent.
Thanks all.

[ebner glocken]

Old Jim, Try calling mid south air gas (used to be PG Walker) out on college street in Springfield.....if memory serves correctly they have it in stock. Should have it in 2" and 4".

[BABore]

This does work all right as we tried it while developing the beagling process.

We encountered problems keeping the screws adjusted and locked as a combination of the heat/expansion/tapping to open the mould and drop the bullets soon worked them loose./beagle


Use shorter set screws and put a second one behind the first to act as a jam nut. As a more precise setup, that wears less, use half dog set screws.

[ebner glocken]

If air gas doesn't have it Johnston industrial supply will probably have it. There's one in Springfield and one in Joplin.

[Pepe Ray]

" As a more precise setup, that wears less, use half dog set screws."
Sorry, Whats a half dog set screw?
Pepe Ray

[Bucks Owin]

Dennis, I beagled the mold for my .270 Maximum silhouette pistol with one layer of aluminum tape, as the boreriding nose of the bullet was loose in the bore. I got 200 meter groups (by which I mean groups at 200 meters) of around 3-4 inches. Previously, groups at that range would not reliably stay on a ram.

Wow! I guess that giving a mould the "beagle treatment" doesn't throw the boolit "too" badly out of balance!

Thanks pal,

Dennis

[BABore]

" As a more precise setup, that wears less, use half dog set screws."
Sorry, Whats a half dog set screw?
Pepe Ray

Set screws come in a variety of point styles. The common ones are cone point, half dog, oval, and cup point. The half dog set screw has a reduced diameter cylindrical nose that is flat on the end. A #10-24 half dog set screw has a 0.127" dia. cylindrical nose that protrudes 0.049" from the end of the screw. I mentioned using this type of set screw because it won't tear up the opposite side mold block like a standard cup point screw would.

[Pepe Ray]

Thanks , BABore,
Well,,,, That's my quota for the day.:)
Pepe Ray