brimic
05-10-2005, 02:32 PM
Today I tried out my Lee 175 gr 8mm mould for the first time. I used straight W/Ws and it gave me bullets that weighed ~172 gr, the bore riding section was .310" and the driving bands are between .3235 and .324". I did a quick and dirty reslugging of the muzzle portion of two rifles that I was considering using these in, a 98/22 and a 98/29, the bore on one was ~.3115 and the other was .312, and both had grooves that measured out to .324". In other words, in my very novice opinion, this mould is dropping boolits that are undersized. When I put the nose of the boolits in the muzzle, there is a bit of slop. My only experience with cast rifle is with my 30 cal 03A3 which shoots them very nicely, but the bore riding portion of the boolit is .002" bigger than the bore.
Is there a way I can lap this mould out a little, should I try it as is, or is there a different allow mix that might produce slightly bigger boolits? Or should I just toss the thing and get the .329" mould meant for the 8x56r and size them down?
Is there a way I can lap this mould out a little, should I try it as is, or is there a different allow mix that might produce slightly bigger boolits? Or should I just toss the thing and get the .329" mould meant for the 8x56r and size them down?