mac266
12-26-2014, 09:41 PM
This is a 200 grain, .35 caliber, gas checked, round nose. The Lyman Cast Bullet Manual says it was specifically designed for the .35 Remington, which is why I bought it.
I bought this mould from a guy on this forum, and it looks great. I was so excited when it arrived in the mail today that I cleaned it, put my handles on, and fired up the lead pot. It worked great, but I have a question.
My question is: There are two grooves in the bullet. I assume the lower one is for lube and the upper one is a crimp groove. However, the crimp groove is shaped differently than the lube groove, and has a slanted angle going up from the bearing surface toward the tip -- like one would expect with a crimp groove. However, it is very, *very* deep for a crimp groove. It's as deep as the lube groove!
There is no way I'm going to crimp that hard. I can't imagine a mould being designed to do so, either. Should I set the lube-sizer so it fills the both grooves with lube and put a medium-light crimp just above the top groove so it's completely covered with brass?
I bought this mould from a guy on this forum, and it looks great. I was so excited when it arrived in the mail today that I cleaned it, put my handles on, and fired up the lead pot. It worked great, but I have a question.
My question is: There are two grooves in the bullet. I assume the lower one is for lube and the upper one is a crimp groove. However, the crimp groove is shaped differently than the lube groove, and has a slanted angle going up from the bearing surface toward the tip -- like one would expect with a crimp groove. However, it is very, *very* deep for a crimp groove. It's as deep as the lube groove!
There is no way I'm going to crimp that hard. I can't imagine a mould being designed to do so, either. Should I set the lube-sizer so it fills the both grooves with lube and put a medium-light crimp just above the top groove so it's completely covered with brass?