The postman dropped off my Birthday Present yesterday. A USPS package with two new NOE molds. The first worked like a champ, after I boiled it in hot soapy water. 111 grain .432 Wadcutters dropprd out 2x2, a lot of rejects at first, but it soon settled into the kind of performance I expect from a Quality product...
NOT SO with the second one. It is a 4 cavity 311-407 and I struggled with it for an hour or so without getting One good boolit.
The problem seems to be that I can't cast fast enough to keep the mold hot because it is too darned hard to get the boolits to drop out. I have to beat on the hinge repeatedly to get the boolits to fall, all the while the mold is cooling. At first I thought it might be oil in the blocks, but this mold was bolied in the same pan at the same time as the aforementioned 44 snub WC mold, which gave stirling service. Should I "Leement" the mold, smoke it, send it back or what.
I hate it when a plan falls to pieces.