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Thanks, Miha!
I received my mold today. Haven't opened it yet to take a look but it is here!
Received my mould today.
Thanks to you, Miha.
Mold looks GREAT. Thanks Miha and BillK!!
Oh ya!
What is your alloy? What do they weigh and what is the as cast diameter?
thanks!
Originally Posted by John in WYO;359
4324
Straight COWW, my scale only goes to 505 and .514.
Well, I think it is from COWW.
I've had three 50 cal ammo cans full following me since the late 80s.
I know some was COWW, some was smelted lead plumbing from a house mover, I know there is some Linotype in one of them, I remember scribing "Lino" on those...
Last edited by John in WYO; 03-29-2016 at 11:17 PM.
Snyd,
Now you got me thinking.
I did some digging around and found the "Lino" scribed can of ingots.
Then I went to the hundred I cast a few days ago, scratched real easy with a fingernail.
I'm thinking it was straight plumbers lead that I cast these out of.
Now I'm gonna go back and re-cast these with some Linotype in the mix.
Thanks for jolting my memory .
But they look real good, don't they?
No prob, glad I could help!
Ya they look mighty fine. Another fine member here is sending me his to try out. I should have it any day. I've only cast with one other brass mould. .512 465 gr Keith style. I had a tough time casting with the brass mould. I just couldn't seem to maintain a steady castable temp. I'll give this one a go and see if I can get the temp thing figured out. I know lots of guys rave about brass but my first experience was a pain in the brAss!
Anyone with this mould have any load data?
I'm somewhat stumped where to start with a slug this heavy....in 5.5" .500 Linebaugh?
You might want to contact this man after hunting up a few of his articles about various .500 revolvers and heavy bullets, including the .500 Linebaugh & Linebaugh Long/Maximum:
http://singleactions.proboards.com/thread/7638
Some molds available in my web shop
www.mp-molds.com
I've shot 22, 22.5, 23gr LilGun. pb solid weighs 530gr from my WW alloy. 22gr load avgs 1125fps from my 5.5 500 L. 19es 5 rnds. 23 gr is 1170ish if I remember. I'm gonna shoot a bunch of the 22gr load and see how it wrings out. 1125 is plenty and recoil is less than 450gr at 1300.
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 |
GC | Gas Check |