DrDucati
06-04-2016, 07:51 PM
Got new Lee 309-160-RN mold today. This was about surmounting the challenges of PC with the gas checks and also just the basic challenge of getting gas checks on straight.
I cast these with my mix of 50:50 linotype and plain lead. I got these to drop from the mold perfectly after just 5 or 6 pours.
After PC, I installed the gas checks with method described elsewhere on this forum, using post inserted into Lee push size die, bullet placed nose down in an inverted nose punch and ram up against the post. I found it was more steady using a .38 spcl brass in its shell holder to hold the nose punch. Must not have cured the PC sufficiently as the nose punch under pressure took off some PC. So, after sizing, I PC'd only the noses so they look decent. Pretty labor intensive when all said and done. Plus I'm going to run these through the sizer again.
Going to load as 30-30 Win with 27 gr H4895 and shoot em with my Winchester 94
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I cast these with my mix of 50:50 linotype and plain lead. I got these to drop from the mold perfectly after just 5 or 6 pours.
After PC, I installed the gas checks with method described elsewhere on this forum, using post inserted into Lee push size die, bullet placed nose down in an inverted nose punch and ram up against the post. I found it was more steady using a .38 spcl brass in its shell holder to hold the nose punch. Must not have cured the PC sufficiently as the nose punch under pressure took off some PC. So, after sizing, I PC'd only the noses so they look decent. Pretty labor intensive when all said and done. Plus I'm going to run these through the sizer again.
Going to load as 30-30 Win with 27 gr H4895 and shoot em with my Winchester 94
169575