I bought a used but excellent condition 4-cavity Lyman mold off EBay and spent the whole afternoon casting bullets. It is supposed to drop .452 diameter 225 grain round nose bullets. In actuality, it casts .451 diameter bullets out of 2 of the cavities, and .4515 out of the other two. They weigh 230-232 grains. I am using wheel weight lead.
What aggravates me is I didn’t check the diameters until after spending all that time. I would like to size the bullets at least .452 but now can’t (.453 would be even better). Oh well.
I now wish I had bought a Lee 6-cavity mold instead. I’ve had nothing but success with Lee molds, and their 6-cavity molds are great in making lots of bullets in a short amount of time.
Man, I’m mad at myself!
End of rant.
Gene Pool