.314 mold options

[Old Iron Sights]

Need one a bit bigger for my Ishapore 303 and ex-dragoon 91/30. Both are right around 314. My Lee 312-185 will slide right down the bore of either one until the driving bands touch. Oddly enough, I got a 3" group at 100 yards with this bullet today in the 303. Both bores are sharp, just a little bigger than normal. I see Lyman has a 314 but I see nothing from RCBS or Lee I that size. I plan to browse Accurate's molds tonight.

[Green Frog]

Why not ask this question on the board specifically about moulds? Those folks don't always come over here looking at hand tools. Just sayin'...

Froggie

[longbow]

Check out NOE and Mihec moulds. Both make 0.314" +. I bought the NOE 316299 (0.316"), 0.314" x 129 gr. (0.314" lapped to 0.316") and the Mihec 316410 (0.316" version of Lyman's 311410) for my .303's which are partial to 0.315" boolits.

They all shoot well.

Longbow

[jmort]

I really like Accurate and you can never go wrong there.

[Old Iron Sights]

Why not ask this question on the board specifically about moulds? Those folks don't always come over here looking at hand tools. Just sayin'...

Froggie

I thought I had. Oops. If someone can move this, that would be great.

[longbow]

jmortimer is right! I left out Accurate Molds. Tom will make what you want to the size you want. Excellent service and excellent moulds!

"...you can never go wrong there." is right on!

[dromia]

You'll never go wrong with NOE, this is my go to mould for these calibres.

NOE 316299.

http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=127

[groovy mike]

Aren't the Ishapore Enfields chambered in 308?

[Old Iron Sights]

Aren't the Ishapore Enfields chambered in 308?

Not the older ones. Mine is a 1949 RFI.

[leadman]

I also have a Mosin that needs a larger boolit. Since I coat my boolits with Hi-Tek lube/coating I just make it a little thicker than normal. The Red Copper can add .001" to the boolit easily per coat. It has alot of solids in it to help with rifle loads.
With it I can shoot the Lyman 45gr RN boolit in my 223 at 3,465 fps with no leading and decent accuracy.

[HARRYMPOPE]

Have hollowpointmoldservice add a .306 drive band to the nose and open drive band's up on you mold to .316.

[mikeym1a]

HM² 30/31 cal 160gr 6 CAV - Ed Harris Design

Recent run of moulds in .312, .316, and .325. Last post said he had a few of each left. Still waiting for my .325, but the others are really nice. Make purty, round boolits. :-D

[Old Iron Sights]

Placed an order with Accurate last night. Got the 31-200L. Wait time can be used to smelt a big pot to feed that big a$$ mold.

[bruce drake]

Order a Lee 170gr RN 8mm Mold and then resize to .314 with a LEE Push-through sizer. Worked wonders for my Type 99 7.7mm Arisaka and my wore out No4 mk1 Enfield without breaking the bank.

Bruce

[Old Iron Sights]

I tried that with the lee 175 grain 323 mold but I ended up with a nearly solid bullet. Nose was same width as the bands. Decided that was too hard to seat. That mold I had opened up to 326 though.

[bruce drake]

My LEE 8mm mold drops out at .324 with my potluck alloy.

[mckenziedrums]

Iron sights: Let me know how those shoot... I was looking at the same mold. I'd been thinking of getting it in .316 and sizing it down as needed. I've got a few mosins around here and Enfields that it'd be nice to cast for. My stash of fancy 54r Lapua brass is getting lonely!

[Maven]

If anyone else is in the same boat as OIS, you may also want to look at this site: http://www.castbulletengineering.com/

[Old Iron Sights]

Got the mold in and finally got to shoot a few rounds in the no1mk3. I was a little disappointed in that the nose makes little contact with the lands. I must have been off on my measurements or I just missed it. Anyway, they still shoot pretty good but I have more testing to do. I can always use this mold for my other mosins so I'll probably keep it. I ordered the larger al block and so far it casts really smooth. Takes a long time to heat up.