Effects of off-center sprue in rifle bullets?
I bought this mold off of ebay. These older Ideal 266469 are hard to come by as they drop a .268" bullet. I took the chance with this one. It was in very nice, excellent condition. It in fact drops .268" bullets. I have a current mold of this number and they drop .266".
But when I used it the first time....ugh.... one of the sprues was way off to the side. I'm convinced the sprue plate on this mold is not original to the blocks. So as it is I can use it as a single cavity mold or go to the considerable trouble in making a new sprue plate on the milling machine (which I have).
I bought from NOE their push-through sizer for .268" figuring I'd pan lube these for my various Swedish Mausers. I ended up using LLA but still have to attach and crimp the gas checks. I'm sure I used too much LLA but figured in a 29" barrel more was better:-).
Any practical experience in shooting off-center sprue cast bullets?
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