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Thread: I got lucky on Ebay..

  1. 03-23-2005, 04:58 PM #1
    Char-Gar
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    I got lucky on Ebay..

    I spotted a SC NEI mold on Ebay from the days when Walt was cutting them in El Paso. It was a nose pour 178.308 GC. This boolit is nothing more than Lyman 311291 with a moderate meplat and the bottom driving band lengthend to pick up another 5-7 grains.

    I put in a bid and got it for what I felt was a resonable price ($36.00). NEI still makes these but at $95.00 a pop for the nose pour version.

    It came today and while the pot was melting lead, I clean and lubed the mold and used the obligatory Mold Prep. The mold cast perfectly with no problems at all.

    Cast from No. 2 alloy, the bullet runs .310 on the body and .3025 on the nose. This should make a very good bullet for the 30-30,30-40, and 30.06
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  2. 03-23-2005, 06:22 PM #2
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    Good on you!!! Is it brass or aluminum?
    I have a dc brass .284 140 and an aluminum 4 cavity 154-311 that ,I'm ashamed to say, I've never used !!-JDL
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  3. 03-23-2005, 06:45 PM #3
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    Tis aluminum
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  4. 03-24-2005, 09:29 AM #4
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    Nice catch! I have a couple of Walt's moulds and they are gems indeed.
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  5. 02-29-2020, 11:31 PM #5
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    I have a used one, it casts very nice RN .452 sligs I use in 1911's.
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
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