RBak
03-12-2012, 02:17 PM
I have been searching and reading old archives this morning until my eye balls are sore, and I still don't don't have a good answer
My question is; what is the correct top punch for the 358009?
Not the sizer, not something modified, not depending on alloy, but the original TP that was recommended by Lyman when the mold was originally being made by them and using #2 alloy....also, was there ever more than one recommended Top Punch?
I have always "thought" the #430 was the right TP, but reading and talking to others has convinced me over the past year or so that may not be true...plus I am starting to get a slight ring on the top of the bullet that I had never noticed before.
That "slight ring" / mark could have been goin on for some time now, maybe, I say that because I didn't used to have wear my prescription glasses under my eye protection when casting or loading...now I do, so the arguments that #430 is not necessarily the correct TP just may be starting to make some sense
Where is Bassackwards, Felix, Bruce, MC, and a dozen others when ya really need 'em?? :kidding:
Thanks, Russ
My question is; what is the correct top punch for the 358009?
Not the sizer, not something modified, not depending on alloy, but the original TP that was recommended by Lyman when the mold was originally being made by them and using #2 alloy....also, was there ever more than one recommended Top Punch?
I have always "thought" the #430 was the right TP, but reading and talking to others has convinced me over the past year or so that may not be true...plus I am starting to get a slight ring on the top of the bullet that I had never noticed before.
That "slight ring" / mark could have been goin on for some time now, maybe, I say that because I didn't used to have wear my prescription glasses under my eye protection when casting or loading...now I do, so the arguments that #430 is not necessarily the correct TP just may be starting to make some sense
Where is Bassackwards, Felix, Bruce, MC, and a dozen others when ya really need 'em?? :kidding:
Thanks, Russ