311407 Mod.- Orders shipped by zip code

[Char-Gar]

OK guys, it is 11/29 and I mailed ten orders today via USPS Priority Mail. Here are the zips. I have ten more ready to go for tomorrow and will give you those zips when they are placed in the mail. I will try and get them all out this week, but no promises.

22485
08019
80015
59701
99336
77080
98339
22191
55103
32127

[Char-Gar]

Make that 22192. Sorry Tony!

[mike in co]

ohhh...oooohhhh...i made the list........yeee hawwwwwwwwwwwwww
guess i'll have to fire up the pot and make a report when it gets here..

[Char-Gar]

The went out today 11/30

95006
89815
73159
98409
38001
97630
85308
04783
35622
24014
48415
19952
57107
75440
43445
87036
11429
57317

[David R]

Pot is full, just gotta plug it in. I even have some empty brass!

David

[Newtire]

Better fill up propane tank on forklift to haul pallets of hot boolits to quenching pool.

[Maineboy]

Yipee, I'm in yesterday's mailing.

[Rick N Bama]

Yipee, I'm in yesterday's mailing.

Me too, the pot is full, fluxed and ready to go,,,,,,,,I just wish the mail lady would give me about 30 minutes notice before she get here with it:)

Rick

[Char-Gar]

Here are 20 more zips that went out today

28311
92374
62801
95823
29407
59804
06450
48602
40324
14103
47401
06512
73572
47272
48074
67502
87821
42748
65759
91741

The remaining 14 orders (including the 4 International orders) will go out tomorrow. That will clean it up. The names, molds and money all balance out. I have no left over names, molds or money...Sooo.. if you don't get a mold and think you should have see your Dr. about a change in meds.

[mike in co]

i did not order handles till this week so ...well i'll have lots of time to clean the mould......

knew i was forgeting something....

[Buckshot]

Better fill up propane tank on forklift to haul pallets of hot boolits to quenching pool.

...............You're killing me! I snorked coffee out my nose.

..............Buckshot

[Bodydoc447]

Got mine yesteday afternoon. Looks very nice. Will hope to give is a test run this weekend. Thanks for all the work Honcho-ing this deal!

Much obliged,
Doc

[Calamity Jake]

Like everyone else, got the pot ready and waiten. Thanks for the honchoen this deal.

[Char-Gar]

OK..If you zip is not one of those listed above and you actually sent me money for a mold, you mold was shipped today.

I shipped 10 orders to the U.S., 3 to Canada and 1 to Finland

The number of orders came to 63 for a total of 69 molds. The largest single purchase was 3 molds and four more purchased 2 molds each.

The deal was smooth as glass with no hitches or glitches of any kind. I want to give a giant thanks to 45 2.1, for without his design specs, this purchase could not have been made.

I did the numbers and found I lost a total of 19 cents per mold for a total of $13.00. So when you walked by a Salvation Army Kettle this Christmas, pitch in a quarter for every mold you bought and we will call it square.

Thus endeth the sage of 311407 Mod. happy casting and shooting plus a Merry Christmas to you all.

[Rick N Bama]

[QUOTE=Chargar

I did the numbers and found I lost a total of 19 cents per mold for a total of $13.00. So when you walked by a Salvation Army Kettle this Christmas, pitch in a quarter for every mold you bought and we will call it square.
[/QUOTE]

Well I wish it had worked out so that you had gotten your mold for free and maybe a few $$$ for yourself. Maybe we need to go up to an even $60.00?

I received my mold today and I've already cast some 300+ keepers. I had some problems getting the temp right as this one doesn't want the melt quite as hot as my other Lee molds. I think a couple of casting sessions will provide me with all I'll need for the coming year! Man, this sucker goes through a pot of lead in a hurry. I can only imagine how fast the BD45 sucks one dry.

That's for heading up this group buy.

Rick

[moodyholler]

Giant thank you from moodyholler!!! the mold is a beaut!!!!!

[Maineboy]

Chargar, the mould came in today. It looks great. I might brave the sub-freezing temperatures and cast up a potful this weekend. Thanks a bunch and Merry Christmas to you as well.

[PatMarlin]

Did mine go out Chargar?

I didn't see my zip on the list. :groner:

[PatMarlin]

Who's 95823?

That's my home town... :mrgreen:

[Char-Gar]

Pat... What the hell is your real name! I don't keep my shipping list by board handles. If you read the post, you will see I didn't post the zips of the last order that went out. There is one Patrick in that bunch and the zip is 96041. Is that you? There is only more more Patrick on the list and his zip is 22485. Is one of those ain't you then you are in real pain or else you name isn't Patrick.

[Char-Gar]

OK..for you guys that don't read ALL the posts..here are the last zips/postal codes that I shipped out yesterday.

If your zip/postal code is not among those on this thread, I did not get an order from you. I did not keep books by folks who sent email or posted "I want one". I keep books by the actual checks and payment received. I have maintained all those original letters and envelops as well as method and amount of payment and will continue to keep them for about six months.

Here are those zips and postal codes

30078
89460
96041
70726
42701
72774
46147
18509
20111
83706
A1E 2Y9 - Canada
P3L 1H4 - Canada
BOP 1WO - Canada
74120 - Finland

[Mel-4857]

Thanks for all your hard work. Looking forward to trying this mould out. Mel

[Pepe Ray]

To all who received a 311407.
I'm new here so bear with me please. I've looked up the bullet in my Lyman
Handbook,cr.1973. Looks like a Loverin. 180 gr, FNPB. RIGHT? :p If so and someone decides they no longer need the mold, I'm nutty enough to take it off your hands.
If I'd joined up sooner this could all have been avoided. Oh well.
If I understand how you'all work this forum, I'm jumping to the thread re;
Lyman #358429 See ya, Pepe Ray

[762cavalier]

Got My mold today and can't wait to use it although I seem to have too many irons in the fire at the moment. Thanks Chargar for all your efforts


Who's 95823? That would be me Pat Marlin, livin large here in South Sacramento. :bigsmyl2: Although I've been dreaming of living in a more gun friendly place [smilie=b:

[Char-Gar]

Pepe..Welcome to the board!.. Our version of 311407 has been modified some from the original Loverin design. Other than some change in the base band diameter we shortened the OAL to 1.000" so it would work in the Lee cavity blocks. We got a bullet that weighs 170 grains.

I suspect that after the shiney wears off, some folks will be willing to part with a mold. That always seems to be the case.

[David R]

Got mine today. boolit weighs 170.6 grains, .312 to .313 with the front 2 bands coming in at .2995 to .300. Gonna size and lube some tonight and shoot some tomorrow out of my Stevens 308 and enfield. I will report on accuracy. Looks like a nice boolit.

I used the same procedure I always do. Spray with ShopKleen, pour a few, spray again. Pour a few more, smoke with a butane fireplace lighter and away it went. Perfect boolits, no hassle.

The mold gets HOT in a hurry, but prefers to run cooler. Once it getes too hot, the bands don't fill out right. I Used the BruceB method cooling both top and bottom every pour. Filled a 1 lb coffee can in about 20 minutes with verry few rejects. One sweet mold.

This is by far the best group buy mold I have bought. Thanks Mr. Charger.

David

[Char-Gar]

David..Tell me what alloy you are using. I am trying to keep track of how this mold reacts with different alloys.

[David R]

Charger,

8 lbs wheelweights and 1/2 lb 50/50 solder. Weights and measures of these are not exact.

The gas check does not stick on the base of the boolit, I put it in the sizer then the boolit because the shank is small. This is NOT a complaint, just trying to give you enough info.

I just sized a bunch. Some had small flaws in the bands. I will use a little more solder to see if they fill out better. Pot was set at 800, boolits are not frosty, but more like a dull matt finish. Not galvanized looking. I probably had 8% rejects which is way to high for me.

Thanks for the great job
David

[Newtire]

Mine were not filling out on the lands but lowered the temp a bit & now seems to be fine. Boiled em, smoked em. Wheelweight alloy=173-174 gr. gas checks fit nice, .313" on body, .300" on nose. Good looking boolit for sure. Thanks Chargar...a whole bunch!

[PatMarlin]

Pat... What the hell is your real name! I don't keep my shipping list by board handles. If you read the post, you will see I didn't post the zips of the last order that went out. There is one Patrick in that bunch and the zip is 96041. Is that you? There is only more more Patrick on the list and his zip is 22485. Is one of those ain't you then you are in real pain or else you name isn't Patrick.

I'm sorry Chargar. I didn't mean to upset you, or cause you any grief in any manner whatsoever. Was it the groan icon?

My name is Patrick, and my zip code is 96041.

Thanks for all your work, and please, please accept my apology.

[Char-Gar]

Pat..You don't owe me an apology..I owe you one.

In my work, I must be pleasant, positive and upbeat 100% of the time. I am not allowed to be grouchy, grumpy or in anyway human. I relish the opportunites to be human when the chance came up, and sometimes I do so at the wrong times to the wrong people. Such was the case today. You did nothing to deserve my grouchy, grumpy reply.

Various places on the net have becomes my places to let off a little steam that is not otherwise "ventable". Again..my apology...I felt bad the moment I growled at you and I knew I was wrong.

Enjoy the mold and think kindly of this old grouch from time to time.

[Oldfeller]

Something the list members generally do which helps a lot on the high production LEE six bangers for fill and drop is to wet lap the cavities in with Comet scrubbing powder.

First, Comet is a very mild abrasive -- edge burrs and such get removed by the mild abrasive lapping action and drop free improves immensely.

Next, Comet is a strong scrubbing cleanser and it removes the shiney finish and it cleans that aluminum really really well. Whatever it is in the LEE cutting fluids that causes wrinkles and that irritating band rounding on one side is removed by a Comet lapping job.

Next, run your lead as hot as the pot will run and pre-heat your mold really well -- your goal is to run these things six banger style at full frosty heat. Until you really get there (and it ain't so easy on a six banger) you do have issues with fill and wrinkles.

Last, even doing all these things you STILL get a cull rate off a six banger that you simply don't get off of a two cavity mold -- or at least I always have.

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Lee varies within a large production mold runs on every dimension of a mold. Mine may have good checks and good band diameters and yours may not. His mold might have a skinny nose and fat bands. It is a sad fact of life and why we spend so much time teaching folks how to fix LEE molds with lapping tecnique stickies and such like stuff.

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[PatMarlin]

I'll let ya off the hook this time Chargar.. :mrgreen: ;-)

[PatMarlin]

Got My mold today and can't wait to use it although I seem to have too many irons in the fire at the moment. Thanks Chargar for all your efforts

That would be me Pat Marlin, livin large here in South Sacramento. :bigsmyl2: Although I've been dreaming of living in a more gun friendly place [smilie=b:



Where'd you go to school 762cavalier?

[PatMarlin]

I used the same procedure I always do. Spray with ShopKleen, pour a few, spray again. Pour a few more, smoke with a butane fireplace lighter and away it went. Perfect boolits, no hassle.
David

David- what's "ShopKleen", and where do you get it?

[David R]

Pat,
Shopkleen is an alcohol based general purpose automotive cleaner made by Wellworth. You may also find it under the name Shop Solv made by Castle. Its a great brake cleaner type solvent that doesn't stink . I buy it by the case for work. A few cans make it home to clean my molds. I also use it to clean our gas powered RC cars. It doesn't hurt plastic or your hands. It IS flamable. I have proved that a few times.

Oldfeller,
I think the comet thing works on the mold because it cleans the aluminum allowing it to passavate in a "bullet casting climate", not a machine shop climate.

Loading some 308s this morning. Look for an accuracy report.

David

[njmj]

Charger, Do you suppose the second zip code down on 11/29 should have been 08010 instead of 08019. Just a little......curious. Marshall

[StarMetal]

Boy, I can see it now..some extreme left wing liberal anti-gun fanatic get's one of these moulds in the mail due to a wrong zip code..HOUSTON>>WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

Joe

[Char-Gar]

Marshall...I have the zip on my list as 08019 and it goes to a guy name Marshall in Edgewater PK New Jersey.

It would not surprise me if I miss keyed the digit. They should catch it at the post office and either it will get corrected or it will come back to me. If it doesn't I will either refund your money or send you my extra mold whichever you desire.

[Char-Gar]

Marshall..I checked the track and confirm number and it says it was misrouted, but that has been corrected and it is on it's way to the correct destination. I suspect the funky digit in the zip code caused the foul up. I will be suprised if this is the only one I screwed up.

[njmj]

Charger,
Thanks for checking it out. I didn't want to ask the question till the last zips were posted. Thanks for all you help and hard work. Marshall

[762cavalier]

Where'd you go to school 762cavalier? Actually I graduated school up in northern CA in Redding then moved here to get a real job.Now wish I could afford to move back because its nicer up there although it too is becoming crowded

[David R]

311407 Shoots awesome in my 1917 Enfield 30'06 with Iron sites.

Brass WW
Powder RED DOT
Charge 11.0 grains
Boolit 311407 AC WW + 2% tin
Conditioins Freakin Cold and windy. Eyes were watering.

10 shot Group size 1.5" @ 50 yards.

30'06 Same brass, boolit
56 grains WC860
5 shot Group size 1" @ 50 Yards. 3 in one hole.
Case mouth sooty, but not bad at all.

Stevens model 200 308 with Scope

Brass FC Match
Powder Red Dot
Charge 11.o grains
Same Boolit

10 shot Group size 3' @ 50 yards............Go figure.
3 distinct seperate sub groups.

David

[Newtire]

311407 Shoots awesome in my 1917 Enfield 30'06 with Iron sites.

Brass WW
Powder RED DOT
Charge 11.0 grains
Boolit 311407 AC WW + 2% tin
Conditioins Freakin Cold and windy. Eyes were watering.

10 shot Group size 1.5" @ 50 yards.

30'06 Same brass, boolit
56 grains WC860
5 shot Group size 1" @ 50 Yards. 3 in one hole.
Case mouth sooty, but not bad at all.

Stevens model 200 308 with Scope

Brass FC Match
Powder Red Dot
Charge 11.o grains
Same Boolit

10 shot Group size 3' @ 50 yards............Go figure.
3 distinct seperate sub groups.

David

I wasn't going to do it but went ahead & hurriedly put together a sample of 10 loads kind of helter skelter for the 30-30.
As an aside, I'll include this goofy range trip "disaster" story. My son & I wanted a range trip badly but 'lil Woman needed ride to airport in AM & son needed sleep. Trying to get things together with 18 yr. old son helping (still half asleep) and noone to check on Dad, ended up bringing lots of '06 loads and no .30-30 except for ten I just loaded. Broughtthe Model 94 along but forgot the Sprigfield 06.
Got just a bit of time to get mould working and then wanted to load some 30-30 to try. Finally got 10 rds loaded.
Load is as follows:
Cases=New unfired DWM
Primers=CCI 250 Mag.
Powder=H-335 Dipped from Lee 1.9cc @30+/- .5 gr.
Lube=Felix Lube
Sized .310"
Water Quenched WW
Crimp= Lyman Die Crimped a bit heavily
I couldn't locate my Lee Factory Crimp Die!
OAL=.010" short of the rifling lands.
Another goof up as I usually like to seat em touching.
Rifle=Win. 94 Black Shadow
Group size=10 shots into 2" @ 50 yds.
Nothing to brag about but only can be improved. No weight segregation at all of bullets from 6-banger mold either & one cavity seems to have a gas check shank that's a bit on the big side. Bullet may take place alongside 311041 as being best 30-30 full power for me.

[PatMarlin]

Boy, I can see it now..some extreme left wing liberal anti-gun fanatic get's one of these moulds in the mail due to a wrong zip code..HOUSTON>>WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

Joe

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[Ol'Scudder]

Tis a thing of beauty fer shur!

You did a commendable job, and I would imagine that your wife probably lent a hand as well, so thanks to you both and hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!

Stan

[woody1]

Charger, If I can get my melt hot enough at -2 I'm going to try it out today. Thanks for heading this up. Regards, Woody

[njmj]

311407 arrived today! Charger you're my hero! I thought the other guy was kidding about the handles. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! 08010

[Catshooter]

Charger,

I have received mime. Looks very nice. Thank you very much for the work you did.


Cat

[C1PNR]

Well, the Pony Express arrived at 83706 today and delivered product safe and sound!

Despite the crunched in corners on the box, the contents were just fine.:wink:

Thanks again for doing this for us!:grin:

[big uns]

Charger, I just received my mold today. Thanks for your effort in getting this buy together. I am going to try to do some casting this weekend if the weather will let me. I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[btr-cj]

Charger I really appreciate your efforts.
This mould looks great.

Thanks,

C.J.

[junkbug]

Charger,
Mine arrived yesterday. It looks great. Until now, I did not know that I also need a set of six cavity mould handles. Thats okay. However, I don't think I'll have the spare cash before Christmas. I will watch this tread carefully, as I have no experience with these larger moulds.

Looking forward to using it eventually.

Thanks

Sean

[Dutch4122]

Junkbug-

I believe Midway has the Lee six cavity handles on sale this month.

[bart55]

got the package yesterday looks great , thanks again for the work on the buy M cooper

[Rick N Bama]

Junkbug-

I believe Midway has the Lee six cavity handles on sale this month.

They do, and of course I bought mine last month :groner:

Rick

[Urny]

Nice looking mold. Thanks for your effort, Chargar.

[porkchop bob]

Good evening, Charger.

Mold arrived today in fine shape. Thanks again for your efforts.

Bob - 29407 [smilie=w:

[fiberoptik]

[smilie=6: Got mine 2. [smilie=w:

[Mel-4857]

Hi Charger, Got my mould today. Heading out for my holidays in a couple days so I'll have to wait to cast some when I get back. Thanks for all your hard work on the group buy. I really appreciate it. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Mel

[slug]

Arrived alive.
It looks very nice.
Many thanks for your efforts.
slug
P3L 1H4