Forrest r
01-21-2016, 10:47 AM
I bought several lee molds & had a little time so I fired 2 of them up and cast some bullets using free range lead. I ran 1 lee mold an a second mold (a 2-cavity h&g #41) at the same time.
Left: the bullet I'm asking about, it'ssupposed to be a lee custom mold. The bullet weighs 172gr and is .432 with the scrap alloy.
Right: is a lee 160gr button nosed wc, The bullet weighs 161gr and is .4305 with the scrap alloy.
Bottom: is the 110gr h&g #41 button nosed wc. The bullet weighs 111gr and is .359 with the scrap alloy.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/forrestr-photo/castwcs_zps0vlmmkys.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/user/forrestr-photo/media/castwcs_zps0vlmmkys.jpg.html)
Several of these molds look the same. I could put the bullets I cast into the other molds and they fit perfectly. The bullets is .432 the whole length of it including the longer nose. I'm thinking about turning the bullet around and using the nose as the base of the bullet. That way every bullet will have an excellent base. I have a 2-cavity 200gr 44cal wc mold that casts an nose pour bullet that extremely accurate.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/forrestr-photo/200gwcs_zps072309fe.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/user/forrestr-photo/media/200gwcs_zps072309fe.jpg.html)
I'm hopping this bullet design will perform as good as the 200gr bullets pictured above.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/forrestr-photo/custom44wc_zpsklzw5lwr.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/user/forrestr-photo/media/custom44wc_zpsklzw5lwr.jpg.html)
Has anyone seen bullets that this before??? The molds have the older yellow sprue plates and the only thing the boxes say is custom and the mold # written in hand.
Left: the bullet I'm asking about, it'ssupposed to be a lee custom mold. The bullet weighs 172gr and is .432 with the scrap alloy.
Right: is a lee 160gr button nosed wc, The bullet weighs 161gr and is .4305 with the scrap alloy.
Bottom: is the 110gr h&g #41 button nosed wc. The bullet weighs 111gr and is .359 with the scrap alloy.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/forrestr-photo/castwcs_zps0vlmmkys.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/user/forrestr-photo/media/castwcs_zps0vlmmkys.jpg.html)
Several of these molds look the same. I could put the bullets I cast into the other molds and they fit perfectly. The bullets is .432 the whole length of it including the longer nose. I'm thinking about turning the bullet around and using the nose as the base of the bullet. That way every bullet will have an excellent base. I have a 2-cavity 200gr 44cal wc mold that casts an nose pour bullet that extremely accurate.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/forrestr-photo/200gwcs_zps072309fe.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/user/forrestr-photo/media/200gwcs_zps072309fe.jpg.html)
I'm hopping this bullet design will perform as good as the 200gr bullets pictured above.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/forrestr-photo/custom44wc_zpsklzw5lwr.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/user/forrestr-photo/media/custom44wc_zpsklzw5lwr.jpg.html)
Has anyone seen bullets that this before??? The molds have the older yellow sprue plates and the only thing the boxes say is custom and the mold # written in hand.