dragonrider
06-06-2010, 10:17 AM
I got this mold from NOE a few months ago and just not got around to casting some and made up a new size die and punch for it. Curiously it weighs in at 170 grains with my alloy. As long as the mold was hot the casting when very well. I am not real excited about the method of holding the HP pins on this mold, it makes them difficult to use on a mold guide. A minor inconvenience at most, I'll work around it somehow. A few pics of the boolit, die and punch.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/PaulGauthier/360-180%20NOE/IMG_5787.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/PaulGauthier/360-180%20NOE/IMG_5771.jpg
Yes there is three rows of lube holes in the die, I decided to include a row for the gas check area as well as the two lube grooves.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/PaulGauthier/360-180%20NOE/IMG_5777.jpg
I was aiming for .359" but overshot to about .3593"-3594".
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/PaulGauthier/360-180%20NOE/IMG_5780.jpg
Here is a pic after first use
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/PaulGauthier/360-180%20NOE/IMG_5784.jpg
Been making this style of punch and die for about a year and a half now and it works so well that I will eventually make a set for every boolit I have.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/PaulGauthier/360-180%20NOE/IMG_5787.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/PaulGauthier/360-180%20NOE/IMG_5771.jpg
Yes there is three rows of lube holes in the die, I decided to include a row for the gas check area as well as the two lube grooves.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/PaulGauthier/360-180%20NOE/IMG_5777.jpg
I was aiming for .359" but overshot to about .3593"-3594".
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/PaulGauthier/360-180%20NOE/IMG_5780.jpg
Here is a pic after first use
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/PaulGauthier/360-180%20NOE/IMG_5784.jpg
Been making this style of punch and die for about a year and a half now and it works so well that I will eventually make a set for every boolit I have.