lubing bevel base bullet

[turmech]

The lee 452-230-TC I ordered arrived today. I was unhappy to see that it had a bevel base. I did not remember seeing the bevel base when I ordered it. I typically pan lube and use the cake cutter method. Does any one know any tricks to keep the lube out of the bevel base? Or best way to remove it?

[happyret65]

Machinist cuts the top of the mold off down to the flat base. Easy to do, if you know someone with a lathe.

[btroj]

Or just ignore the lube on the base and go shoot.

[DLCTEX]

Geargnasher has removed the bevel base on Lee moulds with a knife and sandpaper. Go slowly. I have used a styrofoam disc in the lubesizer to form to the base of the boolit, but I no longer have a BB mould.

[runfiverun]

if it's the little roll on the base it's easily wiped off.
you could remove it from the mold.

[MT Chambers]

Use a Star sizer, when set up properly, you dictate what gets filled with lube, and it's ten X faster.

[mdi]

Me too. Pics showed plain base, but when mold arrived, it was bevel base. I drilled the bevel out of one cavity and cast a few (carefully clamped mold in jig and used a sharp drill going slowly). IIRC; I used a 29/64 drill (.453") and when lubed/sized there is no indication af a "bubba-ed" mold...

[Josh Smith]

Hello,

I cast hot for good fillout. Got into the habit with black powder and pure lead.

Anyway, I can bevel base mine if I want -- but I don't have to. The sprue stays liquid long enough that if I shake the mold just a tiny bit, it fills out any bevel.

Helps fillout the nose, too, and when you're ready to cool it just slap it on a damp cloth.

I get very shiny boolits like this from pure lead, and no frosting whatsoever!

Might give it a try. A word of caution though: When I cast hot like this to eliminate the bevel, the extra lead on the base gives me about 10 extra grains per boolit. Not a huge deal, but be aware.

Regards,

Josh

[Alan in Vermont]

Anyway, I can bevel base mine if I want -- but I don't have to. The sprue stays liquid long enough that if I shake the mold just a tiny bit, it fills out any bevel.

My mind just can't see how you get lead to replace iron while casting. Any BB mold I have seen has as solid iron/brass/aluminum fillet built into the mold to provide the bevel.

It sounds to me like you're filling out the base of a flat base boolit that isn't filling out by normal casting technique. Lot of difference between a rounded, not filled out base and a bevel base boolit coming out of a mold desigend to make it that way.

[Josh Smith]

My mind just can't see how you get lead to replace iron while casting. Any BB mold I have seen has as solid iron/brass/aluminum fillet built into the mold to provide the bevel.

It sounds to me like you're filling out the base of a flat base boolit that isn't filling out by normal casting technique. Lot of difference between a rounded, not filled out base and a bevel base boolit coming out of a mold desigend to make it that way.

Alan,

Looks like I was wrong and you were right.

My tumble lube version of the same mold was advertised as a bevel-base, and to a point it is.

However, I just received the new version of the standard lube mold today, and it would seem that base is much more beveled than the tumble lube version.

So... ignore what I said!

Regards,

Josh