I bought two dies from NOE. One was a 311165 and the other was a 223 60gr saeco rn clone. I have been waiting for weeks on a pair of Lee handles. I have seen these molds sitting on my desk and raring to use them. Today the handles arrived.
The only moulds I have used prior to today have been a couple of Lee's. One for the 45 acp & the other is for the 30.30 & .06 (170 gr fn) The pistol bullet mould worked right out of the box but the rifle mould required some serious altering. The cavities were not even close to being round. I managed to get it casting right after some tinkering.
The two NOE moulds worked perfectly with no hiccups. I'm impressed. Hopefully, I can place some of these downrange in a few days and see how they do. The .311 will be shot from my Rem 700 in 30.06. The .223 will be shot out of my rem 700 in .223.
The .311 are poured with straight wheel weights and the .223 were poured from the lyman #2 reciepe I got out of the manual. Hope the shoot well.