firebyprolong
05-10-2016, 02:50 PM
Ok so I just picked up a car load of stuff from a cast bullet bench rester's friend who he left everthing to. Real nice lady but completely in the dark as to what defined a good mold and how to care for iron mold blocks. Long story short I picked up to 30 cal egean brass molds ( good like as in one is unused) and 2 other rcbs 30 cal molds that mabey I can salvage. ( as in various stages of rust) and 2 Rcbs and one Lyman that some fool took a wire wheel to like they where doing auto body work ( stupid). As I dug through them I could hear the old man cursing from the great beyond.
I think after polishing the Rcbs s they might cast but the Lyman is dead in it current form. I'm thinking that I might just face the top down past the damage and shorten the bullet down to a open up a lube groove on the lathe to turn it into a 110 gr mold for the 30 carbine. Any suggestions or concerns I need to be aware of? Kind of cranked to try one of the egean molds out, its a 30 AR and is listed as an as cast bore rider for long throats. Any one have any experience with it?
I think after polishing the Rcbs s they might cast but the Lyman is dead in it current form. I'm thinking that I might just face the top down past the damage and shorten the bullet down to a open up a lube groove on the lathe to turn it into a 110 gr mold for the 30 carbine. Any suggestions or concerns I need to be aware of? Kind of cranked to try one of the egean molds out, its a 30 AR and is listed as an as cast bore rider for long throats. Any one have any experience with it?