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Hardcast416taylor
09-17-2010, 12:39 PM
Richard Doughty ( WWW.DoughtyEnt.com ) made me 2 moulds for PP use. The first is the .416 I have already wrote about. The other is a .338 that casts at .332" dia and throws a 245 gr. 50/50 alloy boolet. YES, the mailman god named Alvin does like me!!!Robert
bearcove
10-11-2010, 08:22 PM
Pictures?
Hardcast416taylor
10-11-2010, 09:23 PM
Richard can provide better details and final drawings of this creation. He told me he likes it to the extent he is making himself a similar mold for use in his .33 Krag. I am a computer idiot that simply can`t perform those functions like pictures being sent.Robert
bearcove
10-12-2010, 08:08 PM
Its nice to know I'm not alone.
needcoffee
12-13-2010, 09:26 PM
Richard Doughty ( WWW.DoughtyEnt.com ) made me 2 moulds for PP use. The first is the .416 I have already wrote about. The other is a .338 that casts at .332" dia and throws a 245 gr. 50/50 alloy boolet. YES, the mailman god named Alvin does like me!!!Robert

Have you had a chance to try out that particular mold yet? Do the bullets perform well with your .338?
303Guy
12-14-2010, 06:17 AM
Its nice to know I'm not alone.You don't wanna know how long it took me to figure it out - it still takes a long time but at least now I know how.:killingpc
303Guy
12-14-2010, 06:29 AM
338? Ummm....... more on the rifle please.
Hardcast416taylor
12-14-2010, 05:10 PM
303 Guy, The rifle is a Eddystone M 1917 Enfield that a "Bubba" tried to sporterise. I re-barreled it to .338/06, now my favorite go to rifle/cartridge, and put a decent piece of walnut on it. I had to go with a side mount scope as Bubba had messed up trying to drill for a top mount scope. It shoots the LEE cast very nicely and am getting samples of other weights of cast from good people on this site to try. I started talking with Mr. Doughty about a year past. We collaberated on a design that featured 3 shallow band cuts on the bullet body that are 1/8 " wide and perhaps 1/64" deep and are 1/8" apart. These are designed to hold onto the patch, yet release it upon exiting the muzzle. I am just in the testing stage now, after having to re-learn to patch, so there is no ready results to brag about yet. The finished bullets are coming in at 242 gr. using copier paper from my computer. It`ll probably be Spring now before more testing is done as cold and snow don`t go well with my arthritis. Thanks for the interest.Robert