JDL
06-04-2005, 10:22 PM
Last year I got some brand new Lyman's from my friend Bob, but haven't used them until today. I cleaned 2 of them, adjusted the sprue plate, and started casting. I'm telling you, I have never used a mold that was any easier to use than the 287308, making great boolits on the 3rd cast! I mean every boolit picture perfect but, now for the rest of the story. They only measure .273" on the bore-ride nose :-( ,with the body going .286". I'm going to try them but, I don't have much confidence they will shoot very well,as they will drop all the way into the muzzle, to the body.
But,I am looking foward to shooting the other one, the 287405, a Loverin design, that measures .289". This was also a very user friendly mold, despite being a Loverin design, but I needed to make about 7 casts with it before it started to drop good boolits. I believe with the long, gradual throat in my 7X57, these will work well.-JDL
But,I am looking foward to shooting the other one, the 287405, a Loverin design, that measures .289". This was also a very user friendly mold, despite being a Loverin design, but I needed to make about 7 casts with it before it started to drop good boolits. I believe with the long, gradual throat in my 7X57, these will work well.-JDL