Another historic mould: B & M #429260

As per Ken's (Pressman) suggestion, I'm posting a brief description of my historic mould. Attachment 261653Attachment 261654I picked up the pictured B & M Iron #429260 (wadcutter)* on eBay years ago for a very good price. It was filthy, but not abused and cleaned up nicely, so much so that it has become one of my favorites. B & M was ahead of its time with thick (3/16") sprue cutters with small charging apertures. Although not the prettiest mould in my collection, it never fails to cast perfect CB's from the get-go. Those WC's, sized to .431" for my [.44mag.] Ruger SBH, are accurate, easily and consistently grouping into 1" @ 25 yd. (rested) with open sights (factory). Btw, I use 8.0gr. Unique (thrown) and get the same results whether I roll- or taper crimp the WC.


*Mine weigh ~265gr.

Here is a photo of Tuesday's range session with #429260 over 8gr. Unique. The WC was sized to .431", lubed with Lar's Xlox, and taper crimped. I fired these [20 shots] @ 25 yd. with the the SBH's butt on a "rabbit ear" bag. I think if I used a 1" red target dot, I could have reduced the scatter a bit.


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Great shooting!

Thanks, EMC! (I was very pleased with that target as I hadn't fired the SBH in ~6 months.)