Beagling

[walker77]

Can i get some one to show me pictures on how you did the beagling on your mold? Thanks!

[243winxb]

http://www.castpics.net/ See " articles by members" , then "bullet diameter enlargement".

[walker77]

Do you put it on both sides or just one side?

[462]

Depends on how fat you need the boolit to be. I've gone as far as putting two layers on each side.

[walker77]

Did you get fins doing it?

[beagle]

Normally with two layers, you won't get finning but with certain moulds you might. Finning usually happens with 3 layers from my experiments. The first few may give fins but as the tape packs down, then the finning goes away. If you cast really hot, it may fin too. If so, cut back on the temp a bit./beagle

[thenaaks]

if you read down the page, it says no fins unless really hot or lots of lead pressure

[462]

No, but my first car, a 1956 Plymouth coupe had fins.

[walker77]

if you read down the page, it says no fins unless really hot or lots of lead pressure

I DID read down the page. But my question was if i would get fins with multiple layers.:roll:

[462]

A knife or finger nail will easily remove them.

Give it a try. It's easy and reversible.

[walker77]

Ok, thanks!

[rondog]

Beagle?

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/annie/DSCN2681.jpg

[243winxb]

From Lee > http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/faq/index.cgi
Increasing mold diameter

If you need the mold diameter of your cast bullets to be increased just slightly, there is a way to accomplish this with negligible ballistic results.

With the mold open, be sure you liberally lube the mold blocks in front of and behind the bullet cavity. Place a small section of cigarette paper or writing paper to the lubed block . This prevents it from burning.

When casting the bullet, the diameter of the bullet will be increased by the paper width. You can actually go up to about .010 before you begin to see lead flashing appear. While the bullet will be slightly "out of round", this very minimum amount will not effect accuracy or the manner in which the bullet travels through the forcing cone and barrel of your gun.

[MtGun44]

Looks like rondog is DOUBLE beagling. . . . . . .


Nice looking hounds there, sir.

Bill

[rondog]

Looks like rondog is DOUBLE beagling. . . . . . .


Nice looking hounds there, sir.

Bill

Thanks! Coco on the left, Annie on the right. Just our House Beagles.

And thanks, 243winxb, for the explanation! Never would have thought such a thing was possible.