116 gr Wadcutter mold

[johnly]

I would really like to find a 358101 mold, but this will do in a pinch:

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee13/johnly1923/MVC-001L-1.jpg

I punched out the sprue plate stop, machined a top mold surface down one band, buzzed it on a surface grinder, and the results are looking good. Not quite 75 grains, but who's to complain.

John

[mooman76]

I believe they did a GB on a really small WC mould with the idea you could stack them.

[rintinglen]

Looks good! Those Light weight WC boolits are the bee's knees for teaching young shooters to shoot a "reaL" gun. My daughter learned to shoot her 38 J frame using just such loads.

[deltaenterprizes]

I have been planning to do that to a junk mold, so many projects so little time!

[starreloader]

Have the same bullet in an old "Pot Belly" 6 cav H&G mould.... Great shooting boolit

[ubetcha]

Many years ago when I was a range officer for a local sport shop that had bullseye leagues,Dick Lee was shooting with us and we got to talking about lite wc bullets for 38/357's.I said that the only mold that was available was a 148gr wc (that I knew of).The next week he brought me a 116grwc mold that he was experimenting with and said I could keep it and see how it worked.If it didn't then I could just throw it away.I still have it mainly because it was given to me by Dick Lee himself and I far as I know,it's a one of a kind .One other shooter that I reloaded for loved them because they shot good from his gun and he had a wrist problem and the light recoil and bullet weight suited him

[SwedeNelson]

We have a group buy going on that, it is a little lighter, 100Gr.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?p=1238859#post1238859

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Swede Nelson

[johnly]

Here the next generation based on a RCBS 148 gr wadcutter mold. The machined down the top surface leaving just a little of the lube band to result in small bevel. The result is a bullet that weighs 81 grains. Close enough to the Lyman 363101 to call it good enough.

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee13/johnly1923/MVC-007L-4.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee13/johnly1923/MVC-008L-4.jpg

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee13/johnly1923/MVC-009L-1.jpg

On to the next mold modification project....

John

[Guesser]

The old Ideal 360302, later numbered 358302 would do it for you. Mine is the older version and works well in 38 S&W or sized down slightly in 38 Special.