New article from Glen

[quasi]

that man is a good writer, I enjoy his stuff.

[tazman]

For my Ruger 45 Colt I size .452". The throats are every bit as uniform as the FA and .453" won't chamber. It's not uncommon sizing to nominal caliber diameter but I highly recommend accuracy/leading testing in YOUR revolver. Most commonly I recommend sizing to a mild snug fit in the throats and in my 357 and 45 Colt that's .357" and .452" respectively. What I never recommend is to size larger than throat diameter and let the throats act as sizing dies.

Rick

I have the same thing going on with my 357. Throats are a uniformly .357. My barrel slugs at .357 as well.
I read the revolver sticky when I started loading for it so I sized my boolits .357. I have wonderful accuracy and no leading at all. Just for grins I sized some boolits .358 and shot them as a test. It didn't effect the accuracy at all that I could tell. I use the same .357 diameter for my 9mm. It allows me to use a variety of boolits in either weapon.

[Petrol & Powder]

Thanks for the link, good article.

[Leadmelter]

I had Eric do the same mold for me last year. I put out a bunch in a hurry before the snow fell.
Waiting for the snow to go away to try them out.
Eric has converted several molds me. A great job always. Reasonable price.
Leadmelter
MI

[MtGun44]

Great article! I consulted Glen for HP pin dimensions before sending this mold to Erik.
Did one like Glen recommended, for .38 Spl and one with a shallow cavity for .357 Mag.



The results in a ltwt snubbie are excellent -



I've learned a lot from Mr. Fryxell, and I really enjoy his history info and his style of writing.

Bill

[OLPDon]

Great article! I consulted Glen for HP pin dimensions before sending this mold to Erik.
Did one like Glen recommended, for .38 Spl and one with a shallow cavity for .357 Mag.



Bill
That has Group Buy written all over it.....................
Don

The results in a ltwt snubbie are excellent -



I've learned a lot from Mr. Fryxell, and I really enjoy his history info and his style of writing.

Bill

Bill.

[JeffinNZ]

What alloy Bill?

[MtGun44]

It is pretty soft, range lead, IIRC. My range lead normally runs about 8 BHN.

No need for a group buy, that is a normal, readily available Lyman mold with
Erik's Cramer conversion added. Of course, I think Miha at MP has probably
run a clone of this, not certain.

I should also point out that my results with wet phone books are right at 1/2 the
depth seen in calibrated ballistic gelatin when tested with factory ammo that
is also tested in ballistic gel. So, I use a piece of wire to probe to the base,
so we need to add about 5/8" for the length of the boolit and then double it, so
this would be just short of 10" in ballistic gelatin.


Bill

[Leadmelter]

They show up on evilbay quite often. Eric did my conversion and returned the mold in less than ten days.
My boolits look like those above. Some loaded with 12 gr of 2400. Just waiting for Spring.
Leadmelter
MI

[Dancing Bear]

Some good reading there, thanks.