I just bought a Lee moud that has given me a loading quirk. I am casting them in pure lynotype (got 600 pounds for free in type form) and they drop out very nice. The problem is this. This a bore ride design. Well, the body that's supposed to ride on top of the lands, it's too big. The shank measures .3045" and when bolted into my Weatherby 30-06 there is a stiff bolt. OK I can live with that. The problem is that the rifling engraves the body about 2/3s the way dowm. I bought this mould to shoot it out of my .308 M1 Garand.
I have the 180gr boolit mould and it's just fine. Is there a possibility that the cherries that were used were oversized? Lee said that I should add tin to the alloy. Well, if I do that the boolits will be like Elephant slaying solids, not to mention the weight will be on the light side. Any ideas on if I should return the mould for another?
Bad Karma