Harry O
01-15-2011, 08:52 PM
I thought I could turn to Castpics and learn all about it, but I did not find anything there. I also did a search here and found very little. It looks like a very impressive mould. The sprue plate is about twice as thick as Lymans. The size of the block is about twice as big, too. It should hold heat very uniform.
It is stamped 311115. It is a GC boolit. I looked at it and thought it was for an M1 Carbine, as least from what I could see. The bullet area was totally filled with hardened grease and the rest of it was covered with a thinner layer of grease. After I got it home, I spent some time cleaning off the grease. It had been there a very long time and had gotten very hard, but it did keep the metal from rusting in any way, shape, or form. It is like new metal, now.
After it was all cleaned off, it looked like it might be for a high velocity 32-20 load instead. The nose is not flat, but it is not really round either. There is a crimp groove, which would not be needed for the .30 Carbine. I may also be able to use it for the .30 Carbine, but who knows. I know that I tried a Lyman 311316 in the .30 Carbine and it did not work well. The main problem with that one was that it came out of the mould about 0.314" - 0.315" and I had to get it down to at least 0.309" to fit the chamber. There was practically nothing left of the lube grooves after sizing.
I will be casting some up on Monday to try it out. I will let you know how it comes out.
It is stamped 311115. It is a GC boolit. I looked at it and thought it was for an M1 Carbine, as least from what I could see. The bullet area was totally filled with hardened grease and the rest of it was covered with a thinner layer of grease. After I got it home, I spent some time cleaning off the grease. It had been there a very long time and had gotten very hard, but it did keep the metal from rusting in any way, shape, or form. It is like new metal, now.
After it was all cleaned off, it looked like it might be for a high velocity 32-20 load instead. The nose is not flat, but it is not really round either. There is a crimp groove, which would not be needed for the .30 Carbine. I may also be able to use it for the .30 Carbine, but who knows. I know that I tried a Lyman 311316 in the .30 Carbine and it did not work well. The main problem with that one was that it came out of the mould about 0.314" - 0.315" and I had to get it down to at least 0.309" to fit the chamber. There was practically nothing left of the lube grooves after sizing.
I will be casting some up on Monday to try it out. I will let you know how it comes out.