Saeco #424 for Browning B92

[surfanarchist]

Hi all,
I've been reading the archives on how difficult it can be to get cast boolits to cycle reliably and be accurate in these guns. I'm looking at a Saeco 424 as it appears to have a short nose to get my OAL downt to about 1.635 ( Ive checked and that OAL will cycle fine) and being a GC design I can push it as hard as i might need to. Maybe get better traction on that 1/38 twist.
Anyone have any experience with this specific mold and design?

thanks,

Wayne

[runfiverun]

not with that mold but with that rifle.
I can't feed anything that long in mine, and the area above the crimp groove needs to be 429 for smooth chambering.

[bobthenailer]

I have the Saeco #420 200gr tc which look's like the same nose profile & crimp grove location as the #424 and #428 . loaded in 44 mag cases the COL with the #420 is 1.575 to 1.580 which should be short enough to function in a leaver action rifle.

The Saeco #420 200 gr tc is my favorite & most used 44 cal bullet, for velocities of 800 to 1,300 fps
I also have the Saeco #944 200gr wc . #441 240 gr swc and the RCBS 240 gr gc sil .

[surfanarchist]

Bob,
great info. If I can get an OAL of 1.610 I'm golden. By the way i just slugged the barrel and i got between .429 and .430 depending on how I held the slug. So Im hopefull with this Browning.
I have Seaco molds for 45-70, .30, and .45 LC and ACP. I like Seaco but they are pricey.

[bobthenailer]

My # 420 is a eight cavity that I bought from of GAR, in 1991 , I paid $148.00 for it then and have made 51,091 bullets so far and its still in very good condition. I usually size @.430 but have beageled it to cast .433 for a 44 that has larger than normal cyl throats.
I have 4 other 8 cavity Saeco moulds, with all five 8 cavity moulds combined ive made about 1/4 million bullets with just them not counting my 20 sum 2,3 ,4 & 6 cavity moulds . no I'm not a commercial bullet caster and only occasionaly sell to good friends, I just love shooting that much .

Saeco moulds were allways more than lyman but IMO well worth it , now they are very expensive haven't bought any Saeco's moulds for over 12 years.
when I bought my 8 cavity moulds I allways bought popular bullet designes the 8 cavity moulds were about twice the price of 4 cavity moulds at the time and I figured all I had to do was make 2,000 extra bullets per mould & sell them to offset the 8 cavity moulds extra cost ! not much work really as you can make between 1,000 to 1,200 bullets per hr using only 1 mould.

I never liked switching 2 moulds at a time, just to busy ! I like to enjoy myself.