Hello gents. Have a quick question.
Just purchased a new Lyman 311041. Made about 200 tips and noticed towards the end of the session a number of cast tips had a larger than liked sprue nub sticking up. (cutter plate loosened) Anyway when Gas Checking some of the checks were so to speak not centered or tipped looking on the boolits base when observed closely. But the checks do still hold tight to the boolits base. I was wondering if gas checks are not quite centered & flat fitting on the base of a boolit will that cause the boolit to become less stable in flight and accuracy suffers down range on target? (Cheaper to ask here than to drive 30 minuets to the Range to find out) Thanks for your comments.
PS: All the molds I use. I've never encounter this situation. This is the first mold I {never checked over} before casting with it. Right out of the box this one was. Maybe a foolish move on my part after all these years of draining lead from a my furnace/ pot. Don't we ever learn. Apparently I haven't. ):
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