New Accurate mold Land speed record!

[tomme boy]

I ordered a mold from Tom @ Accurate last Sunday an it came in the mail today![smilie=w:

This was the fastest mold I have gotten so far. I did a impact slug of my Mosin M39. It has a very worn throat. But I want to see if I can get it to shoot. It is doing about 2.5" at 100 yds right now with surplus steel ammo. So I think I can improve on that!

This is what I came up with. http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=31-205B-D.png

I made it so the base of the boolit will be at the shoulder junction. And for it to fit my throat. I am sizing to 0.314" with my alloy, it came out at 206gr with lube an gc. Looks like I am going to have to go to the range tomorrow. Sorry no pics yet.

Last week I took it to the range and shot some LEE 200gr 0.311" at 50 yds. They shot right at 1.5" with a 12 gr load of unique.

[rhbrink]

Good looking boolit I've been thinking about something like that for my Finn it has a very long tapered throat, I might need a bit more taper for mine.

Richard

[MBTcustom]

Solid design. Lovern style boolits are easier to get good results from.
How are you lubing that rascal?

[tomme boy]

Rcbs lam II. with a Lyman 0.314" die. I think I am going to have to plug one set of holes on the die so it does not lube so many of the groves. Right now to get it to size like I need, it is lubing the bottom 4 groves. I'd like to do the bottom 3. I won't know till I try if it has too much lube for now. I'm heading out later to try some. I have to go get some small paper plates for targets. I paint them black an then staple them to a white paper backing for contrast. Works awesome for open sites an is cheap.

I'm hoping for a nice plinker that is more accurate than surplus.

[GLL]

tomme boy:

It is difficult to understand how Tom does it ! I ordered a VERY special request brass 45-2550 on Monday at 10:41AM and it arrived Friday Oct 5 at 11:04AM ! FOUR DAYS ! The last LEE Group Buy I honchoed took 12 MONTHS from payment to delivery !

Tom produces an outstanding product along with superior service !

http://www.accuratemolds.com/

Jerry

[tomme boy]

I seen that design on there. What is that for?

[GLL]

Hollow Base 454190 with a crimp groove as an experiment. I have had Tom make me a 454190 HB clone as well. I will post photos once they are completed.

Jerry

[madsenshooter]

Sorry, not a record yet. Tom got a mold to me in 3 days once! Must've been a stock item. Be sure to let us know how it works for you in your Mosin.

[John Boy]

Check this out: an 1880 stop ring designed obsolete bullet that is not in existence anymore. Bullet picture found in a 1914 German bullet catalog - dimensions identified - diagram finalized - sent to Tom at Accurate - it's now a standard catalog mold - mold ordered and delivered in ... in the total process of 12 days.


Introducing ... the Accurate 9.5X47R Bullet Mold!

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From all over the United States ... Jspencer - Chuckster - DWS and of course, Tom at Accurate Mold ... A Big Thank You! :)

A 12 day time line (17,280 minutes) to resurrect from a 1914 catalog (September 24th) to make and deliver an obsolete bullet, now a standard catalog mold (October 6th) is amazing! And what a good looking mold


The Accurate 9.5X47R Bullets

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I ordered the mold in 1:20. Heated the pot up to 780 degrees - cast with a 5 second pour - sprue puddle frost in 7 seconds and the results:
* 04 bullets = 209.8 - 209.9 >:(
* 96 bullets = 210.4 - 210.8 :)
The mold was spec'd as a 210gr mold and it casts beautifully. No daylight between the mold cavities - Full cavity fillout - Sharp bases and only takes 1 or 2 light whacks with the stick for the bullets to drop

Mold Rating ... Excellent!

Bullet Dimensions:
0.788 - Length
0.380 - Stop Ring
0.374 - 1st GG Band
0.374 - 2nd GG Band
0.374 - 3rd GG Band
0.375 to 0.376 - Base

The bullets are on the button to the diagram that was sent to Tom with only 0.001 machining tolerance difference for the length, stop ring and the base :)


Bullets? Excellent!

The Accurate 374210R Mold ...
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[madsenshooter]

Good to know John Boy! I occasionally run across people looking for these Schuetzen molds. Up to now it was point them to Buffaloe or make them wait for a NOE group buy.

[John Boy]

madsenshooter - Accurate is the only mold vendor that has 9.5X47R stop ring bullet. NEI and BACO have many of the other common Schuetzen calibers of which the 9.5X47R is not

[craig61a]

My 435-335 got to me within 5 days after I placed the order.

[GLL]

John Boy:

Great report & photos ! :)

Jerry

[MikeS]

That's a nice looking mould! I just ordered a 'special' mould, a 40 cal light weight boolit with a crimp groove for the 400CorBon cartridge. I was going to ask Tom about it, but was a day late, another forum member asked about it, and it was in the catalog the next day! So now I'm waiting for my 40-145C 4 cavity brass mould to arrive! I've yet to see anyone here that's bought a mould from Tom, and gotten a bad one. The man does good work!

[mktacop]

That's a nice looking mould! I just ordered a 'special' mould, a 40 cal light weight boolit with a crimp groove for the 400CorBon cartridge. I was going to ask Tom about it, but was a day late, another forum member asked about it, and it was in the catalog the next day! So now I'm waiting for my 40-145C 4 cavity brass mould to arrive! I've yet to see anyone here that's bought a mould from Tom, and gotten a bad one. The man does good work!

MikeS,

Accurate's customer service is GREAT! I received the 40-175C mold on Saturday (1 week after ordering)....Mold produces a nice bullet that makes 1.21 OAL for the 400CorBon. Planning to test fire some this week. I've also got a 40-145C ordered and can't wait to try that bullet as well.

[MikeS]

Gee, one whole week after ordering? Tom's slipping, must be getting busy! I hope he stays busy, I wouldn't mind waiting 2 weeks to get a mould, his quality sure is worth it! Did you order a brass mould, or other?

[John Boy]

This is fast service in my opinion:
Oct 1st - Ordered
Oct 6th - USPS in my mailbox at noon ... all the way from Utah!
Heck, it takes some folks that amount of time to get their pot up to temperature! :kidding:

[tomme boy]

Aluminum. I do not like brass molds. I will buy one if I have to, but not my first choice. Too finicky for me.

[mktacop]

Gee, one whole week after ordering? Tom's slipping, must be getting busy! I hope he stays busy, I wouldn't mind waiting 2 weeks to get a mould, his quality sure is worth it! Did you order a brass mould, or other?

I got an aluminum mold. I have another aluminum and a brass one that Tom has made and all are top-notch molds.

[Pooch]

I have ordered from Tom@Accurate in the past & have found his work & service outstanding & fast. I have also ordered from Mountain molds & found that their work is excellent. But Tom@Accurate now, he must not sleep.

[tomme boy]

I hear ya on the not sleeping. I emailed him a couple of times at about 1:30 AM an he replied back in a couple of minutes.

Tom if you are reading this, it cast right on what we went with for the tolerance. Now just need to go shoot some more.

[Alzado]

WOW!!! Just got a mold from Tom today. Sweetest thing I've ever seen! Talk about fast! Couldn't get the pot fired up fast enough. He even designed the bullet the way I wanted it and put it in his catalog. Best mold I've ever cast with!!

[Chicken Thief]

10 days to Denmark!

[tomme boy]

WOW! Chicken. Unreal!

[Chicken Thief]

Yup!
Sent my design friday 9-28, had the revision sunday 9-30 and paid, arrived today.

And it is by far the best quality mould i have ever had the pleasure to cast with. Oh did i mention that it is 100% on spec with what i ordered http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm153/Chickenthief/Blandet/Smilere/dancinguy.gifhttp://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm153/Chickenthief/Blandet/Smilere/dancinguy.gifhttp://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm153/Chickenthief/Blandet/Smilere/dancinguy.gifhttp://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm153/Chickenthief/Blandet/Smilere/dancinguy.gifhttp://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm153/Chickenthief/Blandet/Smilere/dancinguy.gif

[4719dave]

ya thats great now you guys got me waiting for the mail lady lol . just dont tell miha .........

[GLL]

I think Chicken Thief wins ! :) :)

Jerry

[MikeS]

Dave, there's always room for Miha, as well as Al from NOE. They do cherry cut moulds, so can do round noses, spire points, etc. something Tom can't do (yet?). But for a boolit design within Tom's capacities, it's great not to have to wait for a group buy to close before getting the mould you want, and with Tom you have much more control over the finished product in regards to size, alloy, etc. I just got another piece of artwork from Tom today! And I would put one of his brass moulds, or one from Mihec or NOE up against the old H&G moulds any day of the week, I think these new moulds are much better in overall castability! (and I'm not saying that the H&G moulds weren't great moulds, I just think these brass ones are better.)