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08-21-2012, 10:51 PM
This is my first time with this problem so I figured I'd ask. I bought the NOE 311247 Whisper/Blackout mold (Picture available here (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=133407)) and it has 2 definite lube grooves and what appears to be a crimp groove at the very top.
But photos I've seen seem of other peoples lubed bullets indicate this might also be a lube groove because people are lubing it. You can't crimp the 300 BLK into that crimp groove, it seats much deeper.
However, it may not be obvious from the drawing, but the 3 lube grooves are not evenly spaced with the standard .125 apart. the bottom two closest to the base are .008 apart and the distance from the crimp groove to the middle one is .115. So my die with 3 holes never lines up properly to fill all 3 grooves.
So, if anyone is using a lube sizer (I use a star) did you have a custom made die with the proper hole spacing? Did you just lube the bottom two and call it good?
Also, would it be okay if I just lube the bottom two, or should I lube the top two? I can align the die to lube two of them, just not all three.
Thanks
But photos I've seen seem of other peoples lubed bullets indicate this might also be a lube groove because people are lubing it. You can't crimp the 300 BLK into that crimp groove, it seats much deeper.
However, it may not be obvious from the drawing, but the 3 lube grooves are not evenly spaced with the standard .125 apart. the bottom two closest to the base are .008 apart and the distance from the crimp groove to the middle one is .115. So my die with 3 holes never lines up properly to fill all 3 grooves.
So, if anyone is using a lube sizer (I use a star) did you have a custom made die with the proper hole spacing? Did you just lube the bottom two and call it good?
Also, would it be okay if I just lube the bottom two, or should I lube the top two? I can align the die to lube two of them, just not all three.
Thanks