Dive on in the water feels fine!

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[Land Owner]

Ooooooooo....Keith-style SWC's - brilliant! Which mold? What gun? How do they shoot?

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Ooooooooo....Keith-style SWC's - brilliant! Which mold? What gun? How do they shoot?Thanks you are too kind!

These are MP358429 eight cavity aluminum mold. I powder coat then load them in 38 special brass and shoot them in a Ruger Blackhawk. They shoot well and don't lead. I keep them on a paper plate at fifty yards[emoji16].

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[Land Owner]

We are like minded, except for the PC, which I have yet to try with 38 Spc and 357 Mag. Still, I load and shoot a heap of Keith-style SWC's as solids from Lee and Lyman, and solids and HP's from MIHEC molds. Some days I just like making them as the brass MIHEC molds offer four different registrations: solid and three different weight HP's.

During the lock down, and while recuperating myself, I had the opportunity to "get ahead" by molding a heap. Here's a mix of (mostly) 223's and 38/357's from February:

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We are like minded, except for the PC, which I have yet to try with 38 Spc and 357 Mag. Still, I load and shoot a heap of Keith-style SWC's as solids from Lee and Lyman, and solids and HP's from MIHEC molds. Some days I just like making them as the brass MIHEC molds offer four different registrations: solid and three different weight HP's.

During the lock down, and while recuperating myself, I had the opportunity to "get ahead" by molding a heap. Here's a mix of (mostly) 223's and 38/357's from February:

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I was handloading 38's in the front yard yesterday afternoon. These are some of the Keith bullets I loaded up in Remington brass.

[Rapier]

That is the 173 grain Keith 357 bullet. it is what Keith used to work on the original 357 Mag loads, if I recall correctly.
I have the similar Lyman iron mould in a two cavity, never liked the crimping over the driving band to make 357 Mag length for the Blackhawk cylinder.

[Land Owner]

...never liked the crimping over the driving band to make 357 Mag length for the Blackhawk cylinder.

I experienced boolit inertia in uncrimped 45 Colt Blackhawk ammo. That wasn't fun. I've since used a crimp when loading lubed 357 and 45 Colt BH ammo. A small crimp in a heavy Blackhawk load precludes boolit inertia lengthening the cartridge beyond the cylinder face.

Lyman 4th Ed.
357 Mag, 170 gr. SWC, #358429 mold, COAL is 1.553" [SAAMI max of 1.590"].
To achieve 357 MAG COAL [1.553" Lyman] in a SAAMI 38 SPC case that is 1.155", the boolit extension is 0.398".

From http://www.tmtpages.com/ the boolit is 0.755" OAL. Measured from boolit nose toward the crimp groove is 0.375". Thus, 40% of the way across the 0.055" crimp groove is where the boolit should be crimped. It is a "perfect" fit.

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Lyman 4th Ed.
357 Mag, 170 gr. SWC, #358429 mold, COAL is 1.553" [SAAMI max of 1.590"].
To achieve 357 MAG COAL [1.553" Lyman] in a SAAMI 357 MAG case that is 1.290", the boolit extension is 0.263". This leaves just 0.002" for the crimp ahead of the forward driving band, which is pretty small.

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To achieve 357 MAG COAL [1.590" SAAMI] in a SAAMI 357 MAG case that is 1.290", the boolit extension is 0.300". This leaves NOTHING for a crimp.

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[wv109323]

What is the brand of the burner and frame work? How much weight will it withstand under heat?

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The burner is the red regulator bayou shrimp turkey fryer from ace hardware. I try to keep hot load below two hundred pounds. I am (body weight) weighing at two hundred and thirty three pounds, jumping on top of it when it's cold, it does not move.

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These pictures are fresh MP357125 hollow points still warm from the mold.