A couple of years ago I bought a Lyman Devestator mold specifically to cast for my Kimber 1911.
It worked marvelously. Using Stick on WW's, these bullets expanded to about the diameter of a quarter. (no Exageration) They flattened out to about the width of 1/4".
With slightly harder alloy, these same bullets would just shed their hollow points with the tail end of the bullet becoming to light weight to travel much farther.
I figured that a "Cup-Point" hollow point might serve me a little bit better if I didn't want the bullet to expand as much or shed the tip on impact.
I didn't want to alter the factory spud; there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. I just wanted options without having to pay alot of money for alterations to my existing mold.
Initially I made a make-shift "Cup-Point" spud that worked OK but, since I threw it together rather quickly, it wasn't exactly anything to write home about.
Occasionally I'd heard or read about "Adjustable Hollow Point" bullet molds but, I never really saw one that looked any better than my "Make-Shift" "Cup-Point" attempt.
I finally quit procrastinating and decided to take a little more time to make one up proper like.
It's still far from perfect but, I'm 99.9 percent sure it will function as I had intended. I'll be casting with it tomorrow just to make sure..
I'm sure I'm not telling many of you anything you may not have heard before. It seems that every few days though, some of the folks that come to this sight and lurk in the back-ground make the decision to register.
I used to be one of those lurkers. Maybe this is the first time they've heard about "Adjustable Hollow Points."
So here it is:
HollowPoint