question about wheel weights

[3jimbo3]

ok, here is what i have come up with and the process i used to get my results.

first i took a spent 9mm case, melted some pure lead sinkers down and poured in it. i then used my puller, to extract the slug from the case.

then i took the slug and gently tapped it into the barrel, about half way in, then back out the same way.

i took my dial calipers and measured the slug. i came up with .354

i then measured my boolits and they are a .356

is the .356 too large? the slug i made fit very loose, as far as tapping it in the barrel, i done with the palm of my hand.

the .356 boolits are hard to tap in and i have to use a hammet to even get it going.

so now i will cast a pure lead boolit in my mold and redo my slug test because i really dont think using the spent case has given me an accurate measurement.

i will soon return with more information.

[boltons75]

Try again, but first flare the case mouth somewhat extreme. Then make a new slug, you should not be able to push it through, you should need a bit of force. Flaring the case makes one end larger and that is where to take your measurements from.

[3jimbo3]

Try again, but first flare the case mouth somewhat extreme. Then make a new slug, you should not be able to push it through, you should need a bit of force. Flaring the case makes one end larger and that is where to take your measurements from.

ok thanks i will do that for sure, i didnt think about doing it that way

[454PB]

If the slug you want to use is somewhat small, put it in a vice and squeeze it nose to base, it will grow in diameter.

Any boolit shaving while seating is unacceptable to me, I either pull the boolit or relegate that round for a fouling shot.

[3jimbo3]

That would work too.

As far as the shaving goes, I'm going to load up about a hundred rounds of what I have already cast that are .356 and head back to the range. This time I'm going to go a little hotter and maybe go with unique powder this go around. Someone said I might have loaded too light, so I will step it up some and see if the leading changes any.

In the meantime I will be doing more slug tests though.