My 6.5 and Cast Boolits

[fishnbob]

After casting some 175gr out of a Lee Mold that I got from Midsouth, I sized and lubed about 60 and tried to load them today. At first I screwed up the points with a RCBS seater that apparently didn't fit. So I jammed some tinfoil into the seat plug until it fit the nose. Then I primed and charged the case with 16.5 grs of 2400and when I went to seat the boolit it hung up in the die. I had to thread the stem out and you could see where the die ground on the ogive of the boolit and when I lowered the case the bullet was hung in the neck crimp of the die. It's a good thing that I have a stockpile of jacketed bullets, it looks like I'm going to need them. I know I can have RCBS make me a seater that will fit my nose configuration for $16.95 + shipping but what in the hades can I do about this tight @$$ die? Has anybody else had this problem? I am receptive to buying another mold since this boolit is 1.243" long and seats way below the shoulder and I don't particularly care for that. Hence the name "Cruise Missle." BTW the mold drops them around 0.271" and I got Buckshot to make me a sizer @0.267 since I slugged the barrel @ 0.265.:cry:

[Calamity Jake]

You need to lap out the neck portion of your seating die so the boolit will slide thru then the seating stem can do its job.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

6.5x55 ???
I guess it doesn't matter.

Anyway, if you don't want to crimp, you could use a 270 seater die.

I may have a lyman mold for you,
but I don't want to part with it, til I
get my GB NOE 269 145Gr. FN mold
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=116328

my lyman mold is a 266469 140 gr. dbl Cav.
it drops boolits at .268
my rifle needs .2685
I beagled the mold to drop boolits a .271
then size them down to .269
they do shoot great, but
what are a pain to cast, one cavity is quite sticky
and I haven't found a solution to that.
Jon

[Larry Gibson]

7x57 seater works as well.

Larry Gibson

[fishnbob]

You need to lap out the neck portion of your seating die so the boolit will slide thru then the seating stem can do its job.

This sounds like a "dooable" to me.

Thanks

[Ben]

Larry is right.

A 7 X 57 mm seater die is your best bet to quickly take care of your problems PERMANENT.

[Bret4207]

7x57 die will work fine as noted, but watch your alignment. Try to get everything lined up straight to start with.

[Larry Gibson]

7x57 die will work fine as noted, but watch your alignment. Try to get everything lined up straight to start with.

Bret is correct; I use the Lee 7x57 seater but also use a correct M die so things get started straight. Most seating stems for the 7x57 have a fairly sharp taper for J bullets and it keeps thins aligned on that end. The Lee flaring tool may or may not give alighnment problems with just the mouth being flared.

Larry Gibson

[fishnbob]

I beagled the mold to drop boolits a .271
then size them down to .269

I think that sizing down from 0.271" to 0.267 would put too much pressure on the nose and probably deform it or swell the ogive of the boolit. By golly, I may have put too much pressure on sizing them originally, causing the swell at the ogive. I will have to cast up some more and mic them to see if I screwed up the boolits in the first place by trying to force them too deeply in the die.

[1Shirt]

Have used larger cal seating dies on occaision a number of times including 7x57 for 6.5x55. However as Bret stated, be sure to have every thing as straight as possible in seating for obvious reasons.
1Shirt!:coffeecom