Cast some boolits from a brand-new Lee mold yesterday and was pretty impressed. The mold, a 175 gr 8mm, is the first Lee I've acquired in more than two or, maybe, three years and all I did in the way of prep was a thorough cleaning with brake cleaner followed by a toothbrush scrubbing with Dawn detergent. A drop of 2-stroke oil on the sprue plate pivot, pre-heat on the hot plate and by the third cast I was getting some really good looking boolits. Cast 50-60 pieces, keeping boolits from each cavity in separate piles and, after they cooled, did a 100% weigh & measure. From my Lyman #2, boolits weighed out at just over 175 gr with less than .5 gr. variance between cavities; 'as cast' diameter at drive bands: .326-.328 with .318-.319 nose (both cavities). This isn't quite as good as the last mold I received from Jared at Arsenal but certainly better than any 'out-of-the-box' Lee mold I've acquired in the past.
Bill
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