hanover67
12-23-2012, 04:50 PM
I have an older Lyman 35863 .38 caliber mold. I have seen it listed as a double ended wadcutter and wonder what that means. My mold casts boolits at .359" and 149gr with range scrap, and I size them down to .354" for use in a Colt Officers Model which has a .353" bore. They shoot as well as I can hold. My powder charge is 3.0gr of Bullseye.
When I made my first casts, I noticed that the boolit base seemed rounded and wondered if I was doing something wrong because the bases were not square, like the noses, which are perfectly flat. After some research, I've discovered that Lyman molds of this design/model number vary, so what I have is a flat-nose bevel-base wadcutter.
I'm wondering what effect using these boollits upside down, with the flat end in the cartridge case, would have? Has anybody tried this? Would a better "seal" on the back end improve accuracy?
When I made my first casts, I noticed that the boolit base seemed rounded and wondered if I was doing something wrong because the bases were not square, like the noses, which are perfectly flat. After some research, I've discovered that Lyman molds of this design/model number vary, so what I have is a flat-nose bevel-base wadcutter.
I'm wondering what effect using these boollits upside down, with the flat end in the cartridge case, would have? Has anybody tried this? Would a better "seal" on the back end improve accuracy?