happy7
01-14-2008, 07:01 PM
Ok guys,
I would like some input here. I bought a new Lyman 429640 Hollowpoint devastator mold. I cast up some boolits with great enthusiasm, but when the mold got up to a good temp, the lead (straight ww) started bleeding between the plug and the mold, giving a thin lip of lead extending as much as 1/8 inch past the end of the bullet usually about half way round the tip. Some bullets had more, some less. Also the hollowpoint hole is offcenter by a little. See foto. I only have a photo from the offcenter. I have long since cut off the lips so have no photo of the bleeding. I called Lyman. They said send it in for evaluation. I did and they sent it back with sample bullets saying it made beautiful bullets nothing wrong with it. I still consider myself a beginner in this hobby. Who am I to say Lyman is wrong? But I don't like having to cut that lip of lead off each bullet, and I don't like have my holes off-center. It seems to me the offcenter hole has to affect accuracy.
So am I too picky? Should I just accept it? Or should I get Buckshot to make me a new plug or do I run the risk of it being tight. My plug measures between .284 and .285 and the hole measures .287.
I would like some input here. I bought a new Lyman 429640 Hollowpoint devastator mold. I cast up some boolits with great enthusiasm, but when the mold got up to a good temp, the lead (straight ww) started bleeding between the plug and the mold, giving a thin lip of lead extending as much as 1/8 inch past the end of the bullet usually about half way round the tip. Some bullets had more, some less. Also the hollowpoint hole is offcenter by a little. See foto. I only have a photo from the offcenter. I have long since cut off the lips so have no photo of the bleeding. I called Lyman. They said send it in for evaluation. I did and they sent it back with sample bullets saying it made beautiful bullets nothing wrong with it. I still consider myself a beginner in this hobby. Who am I to say Lyman is wrong? But I don't like having to cut that lip of lead off each bullet, and I don't like have my holes off-center. It seems to me the offcenter hole has to affect accuracy.
So am I too picky? Should I just accept it? Or should I get Buckshot to make me a new plug or do I run the risk of it being tight. My plug measures between .284 and .285 and the hole measures .287.