Did you design that Accurate Mold?

[TomAM]

Tom and I worked together to come up with the 51-450C and 51-450D. In retrospect, there were some issues feeding this bullet in the rifle due to the nose profile.

Ed

I've shortened and sharpened the nose on this one, and it's now called #51-440D and DG.
Thanks for pointing out the problem.

[MBTcustom]

This has to be one of the most interesting and useful threads I ever started. Thank you to all who have given input. The list in the OP is becoming very impressive.

[BulletFactory]

40-160b 163 gr wdww bac/red mix 50/50 load 4.8 WST


Which one is yours? 40-160b

Why did you design/modify it, for which gun/purpose? XD Sub, and an M&P Pro 5"
I wanted my own bullet design.
The hollowpoints tend to be more stable, I figured it was because the cg was further to the rear. So, I had the rear lube groove cut skinny, and the front groove cut wide, forcing the cg rearward on a flat meplat round, increasing the stability.

How well did it work? It worked perfectly. I've seen meplat marks out a 100 yards, they seem to fly right.

What would you do different if you could? Gas check maybe, but I have no leading personally. Flat base. He's got one, the 40-160c

Post the link to your boolit and let us know! http://accuratemolds.com/bullet_deta...=40-160B-D.png

[TXGunNut]

Did I design that mould? Are you kidding!!!??? I couldn't design a mould for a decent pencil eraser but I'm beginning to recognize a good design, guess that's a good start.
We are indeed living in the best ever time to be a cast boolit afficianado. With the CAD/CAM technology and external ballistics technology available to us we have seen and will see some awesome boolit designs.

[TheCelt]

.338 WM on left, 34-300D in .338-08 on right

34-300D, designed for a 1-10 twist Adams & Bennett .338-08 barrel on a Savage 110 LA.

305gr cast with straight COWW, Hornady GC and PC

Sized .339, powder coated with Teflon powder, resized to .340. Case necked sized for a neck ID of.339 with custom build Lee Collet neck sizer.

32gr IMR 3031 and a CCI Mag primer yields an avg of 1860 fps and , 1moa @ 100 yds

Designed to thin the large hog population.

[MBTcustom]

.338 WM on left, 34-300D in .338-08 on right

34-300D, designed for a 1-10 twist Adams & Bennett .338-08 barrel on a Savage 110 LA.

305gr cast with straight COWW, Hornady GC and PC

Sized .339, powder coated with Teflon powder, resized to .340. Case necked sized for a neck ID of.339 with custom build Lee Collet neck sizer.

32gr IMR 3031 and a CCI Mag primer yields an avg of 1860 fps and , 1moa @ 100 yds

Designed to thin the large hog population.

It's a giant 300BLK!!!!
Well done!!!!

[TheCelt]

Thanks Tim, I hadn't thought of it like that but danged if you ain't right!!! It does look like a scaled up 300BLK!!!!

[MBTcustom]

Thanks Tim, I hadn't thought of it like that but danged if you ain't right!!! It does look like a scaled up 300BLK!!!!

AR-10 time baby! Bwahahahahahaha!!!!
You could do like Croc Dundee: "That's not a BLK mate! This is a BLK!!!)

[NLS1]

Great thread, and the customer service from AM is obviously awesome. Tom I will be reaching out to ya soon for a couple things coming along.

Dan

[oldblinddog]

31-180Q which is a Ranch Dog type nose with the XCB lube grooves for .308 Win. Don't have it yet but it is in the catalog.

[chboats]

31-195B It was designed for a worn throat of an Argentine Mauser.

Carl

[LynC2]

I can't say I designed this one anymore than the two .357 bullets that I had him modify for gas checks, but I had Tom add a modified version of one of Dan T's mini-groove .375 bullets(38-295D). I am going to try in my new Win. 1885 38-55 rifle when it arrives.(Yes, I am chomping at the bit until it arrives.) Tom's version has a small flat on the nose which won't help the long range B.C. of course, but at silhouette distances I doubt it will make a lot of difference. It shouldn't have any issue stabilizing in a 1x16" twist, or at least I hope. The neat part is that Tom can change the band diameters to whatever one requires.

[John Boy]

even if you had nothing to do with it, if you know what it's intended purpose was go ahead and tell us so that everybody can know.

The Accurate 38-320E - Don't Know Who Had the Mold Cloned
It is the clone of one of the rarest Ideal molds not for sale, the 375166, 320gr bullet for 38-55 and 38-72 (1:12 twist) blackpowder reloads.

Don Miller did an excellent article for the Spring 2007 issue of the Black Powder Cartridge news entitled … A New Twist Rule Applied to Black Powder Rifles. In his very extensive calculation, he determined that the Ideal 375166 bullet will have the best ballistics characteristics in a BPCR with a 1:18 twist. In a 1:18 bore, the bullet calculates to 17.65 ratio. It is my 'go to' fix cartridge reloads and is accurate to 500m on the rams

[GWM]

#36-158SG

I did not design this one in any way, but I would have if it did not already exist. I was looking for the perfect fit long range accuracy boolit for my 8-3/8" S&W 686 and came up with the same dimensions more or less so I ordered this silhouette-style design in a 4-cav aluminium mold for it.

I'm still working on loads, currently getting around 2.7" for six shots at 55 yards iron sights but expecting to get better.

[JWNathan]

I didn't really design it as I believe Catshooter came up with this one. It's just Accurates 45-255K with the front driving band an the crimp groove removed. Man I'm really digging this boolit in 45 Colt and I have some ACP loaded up that I need to head out and try.
-Jesse

[Jeff Michel]

31-095L. Not mine, but Tom did the wizardry. I wanted a type III wadcutter for my stable of .32's. The only guidance I offered was, "Can you make a 358432 only small?" It shoots a treat in every .32 I have tried.
Jeff

[Echale3]

31-180F was made to match up the specs of the throat of my 1903-A3--it's basically the same as the 31-170BG but with a 0.24" meplat. I gave Tom the measurements of the pound cast and told him what meplat diameter I wanted. I told him that I liked the overall design of the 31-170BG, but I wanted it set up for the throat on my rifle. When he revised the ogive to give me the meplat I wanted, the measurements at the various lengths from the bullet base came out just right.

I ordered the mold last night, so I don't have any load data or performance data on it yet, but rest assured, that will come soon enough...

~

[Outpost75]

Thought it would be helpful for some people to see the subsonic gallery 31-155D for .30-30, .30-40, 7.62x54 and .30-06 together with the similar 35-245D for the .35 Whelen and .35/.30-30:

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[Spector]

45-230Z. Specified RF, 230 grain boolit weight with WW+2%, no lube or crimp groves for PC, boolit diameter .252'', meplate diameter 0.31'', 3 cavity aluminum. It is dropping at 236 grains using WW+2%+slight bit of hard mystery alloy. Going to cast some in 20:1+PB AL GC. Feeds fine in XDs 3.2'' bbl. XDm compact 3.8'' bbl and Glock 41. Considering having it hollow pointed. It's a handful run at +/- 900 fps in XDs using HS-6.

Mike

[Chris C]

Hey, I'm finally a member of the group here. Designed a bullet a month or so ago and had Tom at Accurate make it for me. Arrived yesterday and the mold is beautiful. (of course) "My" mold number is 38-270C.