Casting for the 404 Jeff

[Bad Ass Wallace]

Money has finally pushed me to start casting for most 'big game' cartridges. Jacketed projectiles are costing $AU92.60 for 50 or almost $2 each.

Bought a double cavity 400gn mould from "Mountain Moulds" and used gas checks for 44/40 then sized to 0.424 and lubed with Lyman 'Black Gold'.

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[Rick R]

Good luck! I've had great results with my .458 Lott and .375 H&H but my .416 Rem Mag hasn't responded well using an RCBS molded boolit. But in all fairness I got distracted by other projects.

Your boolits look like they could take any critter on the planet.

[Bad Ass Wallace]

The 'key' is the very old and thick Lyman brass gas checks!

[Mk42gunner]

That crimp groove certainly looks healthy on the boolits.

[Hardcast416taylor]

If that Lyman `Black Gold` lube is the same old graphite lube from the last century, I hope it works well for you and is less messy as when I used it `back then`. Nice looking boolets all the same.Robert