Lee C312-185

[Outdoors]

Have had this mold for while, but just got around to casting with it. Drops fine (if a bit narrow on the nose at .301), but the front band is paper thin. Anyone else have this issue? The catalog images show a narrow band, but this thing is barely there at all. looks like the crimp groove ate it all.

Pat

[skeet1]

Outdoors,
It depends on what you are using the mould for. for the .303 British the nose may be narrow but for the 30-06 it is just right in my 03A3 and shoots great.

Ken

[Outdoors]

Oh, I'm not worried about the nose - looks like a good for for my .308 Enfield. But the front band seems way to thin and fragile to provide any guidance in the throat. Hard to measure it, but I get around 0.019 on my calipers.

Pat

[Buckshot]

..............I don't think that tiny narrow band above the crimp groove really accomplishes much. All their rifle boolit moulds with a couple of exceptions are perzactly the same :-)

...................Buckshot

[Outdoors]

Thanks Buckshot.
I was thinking I'd get another one, but if they are all like that I'll just try and shoot em and see how they fly.

Pat