So my wife bought me a .452 devastator mold from lyman for my birthday. It is maybe my 7th mold, and I cast a fair amount, but I just could not get it to cast to an acceptable size, so I returned it to midway for another (midway is excellent like that). I just got back from vacation, and found my new mold in my accumulated mail. I fired up the pot and got to work with the new mold, and wouldn't you know it, 3+ thou under sized. So I am at my whits end here, let me know if anything I am doing stands out as wrong, and resulting in small boolits. Am open to all suggestions, but am seriously about to write off lyman molds for good.
-I cast almost exclusively with COWW with a little tin when necessary
-I ran the pot temp all the way up to 800 or so
-mold temp was kept just under frosty
I guess I expect a mold to cast at least at bore diameter, or better yet 2-3 thou over. Is this too much to ask? Are my expectations out of line? Any suggestions of molds that would fit the bill?