Need my mold to throw lighter boolits

[lablover]

Have the noe 200 gr sec for my 45 act. All my boolits are coming out at 215 gr. He Staes using 20-1 alloy. I'm using ww only right now. What can I do to lighten the load so to speak.

Thanks Fellas

Joe

[Oklahoma Rebel]

well, to lighten it you would have to be going in the wrong direction- harder- antimony and tin are what makes an alloy harder, and cow are already lighter than 20-1 I believe. whats the next weight up in your load book/books?

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I'm not sure I understand the reason for the problem?
But, if they are the correct Diameter, then I'd just shoot 'em as is, adjust the load if necessary.

[Tom W.]

Use nickel Babbitt. It is almost pure tin. Makes bullets very light.

[scottfire1957]

15 seven thousandths of a pound. Just look in your reloading manual and use the closest weight. To answer your question, less Pb, more something else.

[GhostHawk]

If it was me I would not sweat 15 grains of weight very much.

But then I shoot 185 gr cast out of a 7.62x39 SKS. Dropped the charge a third, upped the weight a third. Slower, but still hits hard, powder per shot costs less.

Grab a reloading manual, find a bullet that weighs 15 grains more than your target and see how they adjusted charge. Be sensible, and careful. But it ain't rocket science.

[GLynn41]

As ghost hawk said ---try using the loads for the 230 gr boolit--
it is not unusual in using wheel weights for the boolits to weigh heavy
are you using tape on or clip? tape on are much softer --
softer lead is heavier and smaller OD usually
Harder is lighter and larger OD

[buckshotshoey]

RCBS recommends linotype for their plain base cast boolits (The 325gr plain base at least). I average 15 to 17 grains heavier (using straight wheel weights) then what the mold says it throws.

[lablover]

Thanks Guys. Not sure I'm gonna sweat it too much. These are for my bullseye loads so I'm being a bit picky

[Oklahoma Rebel]

cool, good luck, and be careful!