Whiterabbit
03-29-2012, 12:33 PM
This for a buddy's gun. I have the LEE 454-300 GC mold and works GREAT in his gun:
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/658577/lee-2-cavity-bullet-mold-c452-300-rf-45-colt-long-colt-454-casull-452-diameter-300-grain-flat-nose-gas-check
but for production reasons I want to use the ranchdog 290-GC tumblelube mold:
http://www.ranchdogoutdoors.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_28&products_id=25
The bullets look pretty much the same. Are they different enough (traditional vs tumble grooves) to warrant testing before just going for it? I don't want to buy it and find out the lube grooves alone make the bullet not workable.
I've asked for a sample on the boolit exchange forum, but I'm not sure that will prove successful.
So! does success with lee suggest I will achieve success with ranchdog? Can I just tumble lube the LEE I have and try it, if it works than the ranchdog works?
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/658577/lee-2-cavity-bullet-mold-c452-300-rf-45-colt-long-colt-454-casull-452-diameter-300-grain-flat-nose-gas-check
but for production reasons I want to use the ranchdog 290-GC tumblelube mold:
http://www.ranchdogoutdoors.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_28&products_id=25
The bullets look pretty much the same. Are they different enough (traditional vs tumble grooves) to warrant testing before just going for it? I don't want to buy it and find out the lube grooves alone make the bullet not workable.
I've asked for a sample on the boolit exchange forum, but I'm not sure that will prove successful.
So! does success with lee suggest I will achieve success with ranchdog? Can I just tumble lube the LEE I have and try it, if it works than the ranchdog works?