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These Lee Molds are all good choices. The 2R molds can be had in 6 cavity versions.
C312-155 2R
C312-160 2R Tumble Lube version
C309-160 R
C309-180 R
I have had 311332 bullets break at the...

WooHoo!! Second shipment arrived today.

Very quick transaction. Great product.

I will be ordering more!

ACWW = Air Cooled wheal weights.
WDWW = Water Dropped Wheel Weights.

Spire point boolits can easily deform at the pointed end. search on the word slump and you should find many threads on the subject.
Its the long unsupported point. If its not centered in the bore it...

I'm still learning this PP stuff myself so please take this only as an amateur observation.

The Lee 170 grain is a bore rider which means the nose is about .300 dia out of the mold. If the rifle...

How hard does a long unsupported nose need to be so that it won't slump?

Not trying to steel the thread but the picture shows the lines of the notebook paper very well and I'm wondering if they are going the right way for the grain of the paper? I've read that the...

CJR,

I think I enjoy casting and now wrapping more than shooting. I spend alot more time with them.

Actually I do very much like the idea of making my own. I think I like the independence of...

303Guy,

Very interesting pics.

Are both pics the same boolit?

Did the boolit start out tapered?

I'm wondering if the lead flowed back to the point that the patch failed(broke) since...

Thanks all, I was afraid I might have been risking a rare phenomenon.

I have 45 rounds loaded with W748. Used the lowest charge recomended for jacketed.

If these dont perform well I'm gonna...

I've noticed a couple of posts that mentioned riveting as a possibility when a patched boolit is seated into the case. This sounds like it could be a dangerous thing.:shock:

Started patching some...

Stove paint works for me. It can be easily removed with brake cleaner.

Mask off any portion you don't want to reduce and spray light coats.

Allow to FULLY dry before casting.

3M makes a...

I have some 311332s from wheel weights that were heat treated and are breaking off at the collection groove at the base of the bore riding portion.

They were heat treated at 425deg for 1hr. If I...

I had the same experience as MadsenShooter. I used a 314365 and a 311365.

I had been advised that the nose might squish off center but, found that the 314365 was actually a very good shooter in...

My ARs are 308 but, I run Lee C309-160-Rs through them daily. My first one is a 20in bought in 1999. has had countless thousands of 160gr cast boolits through it.
Actually its not the fast powders...

This is a timely thread.

I was at the range last week and had 2 311332s snap at the first little groove while feeding.
Now I know why. They made from reclaimed shot and heat treated.

Back...

heat sensing thermometer will give outside reading of hot pot which is hotter than the lead.
Hot gases from flame type setup can interfere with readings also.

As suggested above you really...

I turn mine to true them up. Especialy the mil surp brass. If the mouth thickness varies from side to side and I squeaze it into a round die, the variation is now in the inside of the mouth. When I...

dualsport,

The first couple of pours you will get a couple black specs on the boolits from loose spray that didn't cling. After that test for size and adjust if needed.

I've taken 305 down to...

I remember mount St Helens fallout when I was in High School. In Ohio. Very light dusting on anything left sitting for a few days. Some discoloration to the sky on a couple of sunny days.

I was...

Very sorry, I wasn't getting that picture from the thread. I was seeing Mad Max not Davie Crocket.


I grew up in the woods. I've spent many a night in deep woods looking up at the stars. All of...

I've had good luck with stove paint for bringing large noses (Bore riding) down to what ever size I wanted. It takes about 3 or 4 light coats per .001

I've used it as a means of leementing also....

With all due respect and I do mean I have respect for everyone here. Your creating a fantasy that you want to beleive with rules you want.

Your saying you got the whole town to agree to how you...

311365 200gr 24gr 2400.
311365 11gr reddot
311332 30 gr H4895

This isn't unusual. In my 308s cast boolots tend to shoot much lower than jacketed.
This 06 with OEM sights simply doesn't have...

I'll probably get flamed for this but, do we really know what we're suggesting?

Defend your home? Really?

You have, we want, we're not coming to or through your door. We know our weapons will...