waco
10-09-2009, 09:10 PM
cast a batch of .38 wadcutters for my tauras .357
alloy is 50/50 ww and indoor .22 range scrap
this is a new mold to me. its a lyman 358495 4cav.
my gun likes boolits sized to .357
these boolits are dropping at around .360-.361
when ran through my lyman 450, the crimp groove all but disappears.
thats no real big deal, i have a lee factory crimp die so no groove is really needed.
what does concern me is a pretty good sharp edge that flashes up the one side of my boolit.
will this harm the flight of it?
hmmm....the seating die might flatten this some right?
at any rate....wadcutters like softer alloy right?
dont really want to make the alloy any harder if i dont have to.(tin and lino are costly) anything i could do to make the boolits drop out of the mold a little smaller?
or should i just not worry and load some up with 700x, redot, or 231 and see what happens?how does anyone else deal with this problem when they run across it?
thanks again guys
waco:confused:
alloy is 50/50 ww and indoor .22 range scrap
this is a new mold to me. its a lyman 358495 4cav.
my gun likes boolits sized to .357
these boolits are dropping at around .360-.361
when ran through my lyman 450, the crimp groove all but disappears.
thats no real big deal, i have a lee factory crimp die so no groove is really needed.
what does concern me is a pretty good sharp edge that flashes up the one side of my boolit.
will this harm the flight of it?
hmmm....the seating die might flatten this some right?
at any rate....wadcutters like softer alloy right?
dont really want to make the alloy any harder if i dont have to.(tin and lino are costly) anything i could do to make the boolits drop out of the mold a little smaller?
or should i just not worry and load some up with 700x, redot, or 231 and see what happens?how does anyone else deal with this problem when they run across it?
thanks again guys
waco:confused: