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  1. 05-20-2018, 02:15 PM #1
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    Modifying a 4-banger Lyman

    I have this 429244 4-banger that I had ever used, and put on eBay, and sold - and will get it back in a day or so. The blocks are chipped on top (minutely, of course, I never noticed), but can't cast good boolits. My idea is to give it to a machinist and have him mill the surface down to get rid of the GC shank, making them PB boolits, and getting rid of the chips. I don't know if it would be worth it, monetarily, but... Any comments?
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  2. 05-21-2018, 01:03 AM #2
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    If it wont make a usable gas check shank, I would mill it down. I've had good luck with plain base 44 boolits sized big.
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  3. 05-21-2018, 10:36 AM #3
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    I have a 429244 SC that has had the gas check shank milled off and then the mold was hollow pointed. Makes a fine 215g boolit but is a lot slower to cast with than my MP 433640L 4 banger!
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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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