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thanks greg s. you might be right. is it worth buying a hardness tester. found one for $150. would like to know what they are. could possibly add pre lead to my mix and soften them if i need to....

im using wheel weights. dropped into water? no clue on their hardness. just figured they were good to go

ive used noe molds up to this point. tried the 300 blackout also. same story, no go on the fat noses

was hoping someone had a suggestion on 44 mold

im thinking the 458 was super tight. but still didnt explain my sizing issues. ive given up on 458 socom. i bought a 358 yeti ar barrel. hoping to undersize mold and let the pc fill the gap. need to...

so awhile back i cast for my 458 socom. didnt go to well. i couldnt get them to chamber with pc. i bought a lyman lubrisizer. i hung up a few. so much it broke the handle linkage. this happened...

Well i guess i can forget this. I didnt know rhere were affordable testers. I was lookibg at a $7000 mitutoyo unit that was marked down to $1700. It tests by itself.no human error

Idk. I didnt know there was a unit that cheap.

Would any of you guys pay to have things tested? Wondering if i could make my money back. Thinking something like $20 per test.

So I tried sizing some 30 cal and they worked. Reinstalled 458 parts (trust me this was like the 10 th time) and walaa its working. Makes no sense. I'm thinking it was the lube. I boiled all the...

Top punch came with mold from noe

Bullets dropping 460-461. Sizing die is .459 . Looked at sizing die. I couldn't see any lines or machining marks.

Well I welded up the handle last night. Cast some new boolits. I still water dropped them. The ran them in the sizer. Still getting stuck. Then one of the bolts broke like someone stated again. I...

Now I'm really pissed. Why can it not work right. I see videos of guys using them no problem on YouTube. Mine breaks. Seriously I'm lifting up with one arm. I'm not that strong.
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I will take a look at that too jonB thanx

I'm using wheel weights. I did water quench and they have been sitting for a couple months. I will try pouring some today.

So I tried to size and lube some 30 cal. Bullets. Took a lot of force to push bullet down. Then it took a hammer to get it out.I asked on here about it and we came to the conclusion I was trying to...

I used a lead fishing weight to slug the barrel.

I did water drop them. I though you had to to get the hardness right.

By the way my alloy is wheel weights

I slugged again. Calipers read the same. I will look into the micrometer. Top punch pushed down into the bullet causing it to look like that. I had to put all of my weight on it to get it through the...

I will retry slugging again today

300 black out. I slugged barrel it measured .306

Thanx for the tips. So now I have another problem. I'm using the Lyman 4500 lube sizer. Bullets are dropping .312 and I'm trying to size to .308 the top punch is deforming the bullets due to the...

Third batch and wow what a difference! Heated mold a lot more. Still had about 35% culls but due to me dropping too fast and a couple had trash between molds from preheat which created lines at...