Okie Dokie guys!
This one took a little while but I'm thinkin' it was worth it eh? I figured I'd start a thread here so you all could post some shooting results and maybe some pictures.
Personally, I kinda jumped the gun by ordering a mold before I ever bought a lead furnace and the other gear needed so I'm still not set up to cast my own at home. Luckily, I've got a friend who IS set up and I can use his stuff but the cold weather we're having plays heck with casting in a cold garage. Funny things start to happen. I'm still glad I got in on this one though because after doing a lot of internet searching it seemed pretty obvious that 9.3 boolit molds were not exactly common.
Anyway, to start the ball rolling I'll post some pictures of my mold and then you all can toss in some of your own. I'd like to use this thread to sort of build a little archive of load data as you all experiment. If you post load data, I'd like to see the Brinell hardness, boolit weight at your alloy, "as cast" diameter, sized diameter and powder charge of course. If possible, the info on the rifle it was shot from too including twist rate and anything else relevant.
Okay, here is mine still in the box.
Contents out of the box. There's a little bottle of bullplate lube, a couple extra pins for the hollow point, two allen wrenches and a top punch fitted to the boolit profile. Lastly a bag of gas checks that appear to be of very good quality.
Outside close up.
Inside. Center cavity is hollow pointed and the cavity on the right (the piece with the sprue plate) is gas checked.
Super close up of the inside.
I'm guessing most of you have gotten your molds by now but those of you who have not, it'll be worth the wait.
Oh, and here's one of my rifle. It's a Husqvarna 146 on a '98 Mauser action. Fixed sights and never been drilled and tapped. She shoots pretty nice but my eyes aren't what they used to be.
Dave