WCF3030
09-14-2007, 10:20 AM
Not sure which place to put this so I did it twice.
I've not posted here for awhile.
I have a question about my new Lyman mold 311041 and mold and WW temp.
I've not done a whole lot of casting with most being in the last 3 weeks.
Up until now my only experince was with the Lee 150gr 30 cal alum single cavity mold and WW, Lyman gc, and lee lube.
First time out I got it too work, resized and shot some great groups out of my Marlin and H&R 30-30.
It has worked great since.
I melt some WW in my tiny Lee furnace with the gage set on high, clean off the scum on top and start casting.
I tryed the same thing with the Lyman and had very different results, being steel instead of alum it took longer to heat, which I expected. But then it seems like the mold got to hot, took longer for the lead to cool, harder to resize. I had water queched both the Lee and Lyman bullets, but the Lyman was much harder.
I did the same things with both molds. I resized the same, used the Lee Lube before and after resizing, same gc, almost the same load.
The accuracy was terrible. As in a 3x4 inch group at 50 yards with a scope terrible
Now before I go any further, I want to say that I shoot alot, and have shot alot of cast this year some of my own, but mostly what was given to me or Oregon Trail that I have bought. No jacketed thru this Marlin in months and I started with my clean bore as always.
Here is a pic of what the rifle can do all day long with any every kind of cast I've shot thru it.
5 rounds, 50yds, open sights, with some bullets w30wcf had sent me.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/Trails650/100_0148.jpg
So I'm pretty convinced that I am doing something wrong with this new mold.
I'm sure there will be more questions on my procedure but some advice would be nice.
Thanks.
I've not posted here for awhile.
I have a question about my new Lyman mold 311041 and mold and WW temp.
I've not done a whole lot of casting with most being in the last 3 weeks.
Up until now my only experince was with the Lee 150gr 30 cal alum single cavity mold and WW, Lyman gc, and lee lube.
First time out I got it too work, resized and shot some great groups out of my Marlin and H&R 30-30.
It has worked great since.
I melt some WW in my tiny Lee furnace with the gage set on high, clean off the scum on top and start casting.
I tryed the same thing with the Lyman and had very different results, being steel instead of alum it took longer to heat, which I expected. But then it seems like the mold got to hot, took longer for the lead to cool, harder to resize. I had water queched both the Lee and Lyman bullets, but the Lyman was much harder.
I did the same things with both molds. I resized the same, used the Lee Lube before and after resizing, same gc, almost the same load.
The accuracy was terrible. As in a 3x4 inch group at 50 yards with a scope terrible
Now before I go any further, I want to say that I shoot alot, and have shot alot of cast this year some of my own, but mostly what was given to me or Oregon Trail that I have bought. No jacketed thru this Marlin in months and I started with my clean bore as always.
Here is a pic of what the rifle can do all day long with any every kind of cast I've shot thru it.
5 rounds, 50yds, open sights, with some bullets w30wcf had sent me.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/Trails650/100_0148.jpg
So I'm pretty convinced that I am doing something wrong with this new mold.
I'm sure there will be more questions on my procedure but some advice would be nice.
Thanks.