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Glad to hear you are ok after that!

Just out of interest I crunched your load data in quickload

Your standard 26grn load is running at about 24,400psi which is in the trapdoor data range but a...

Maybe freebore wasn't the correct term to use, the projectile I used to check the unsupported jump was sized .463, my loaded projectiles are .461 and my bore slugs out to .459. I dont think an...

Have you checked the throat/free bore? I have a Marlin 45-70 im trying to squeeze more accuracy out of. I loaded a flat based pill backwards seating it deeper until it would chamber without binding....

My 45-70 Marlin is more than enough for any game im likely to encounter locally. I load from 145gr collar buttons to 550 WNFP's all cast lead so its all covered. From a one gun hunting pov any...

I'm in for a 4 cavity, HB pin only, .358

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Thats awesome news :)

Thoughts on the diameter to suit the 303 Brit anyone?... I'm current sizing @ .305 for my PP brit experiments.. Would drop from the mold @ .307'ish work for most people? I'd...

I'd be in for a 4c for each weight... And if it can be orbited larger (small flat tip ok) to suit the 303 Brit I'd be keen on a 4c in each size as well

Comes in gas check or plain base.. Dotted line in pic is the plain base version, solid line is the gas check version.. The plain base would be slightly shorter so as to be the same weight as the gc...

Just heard another long wait Mihec mold I'm down for is moving forward at long last.. I'm willing to wait as long as it take for this one

You sure its zinc?

I cast some foundry type in my lee 4-20 pot recently for a mate doing some experiments... I normally run the pot on a 4-5 heat setting for magnum/taracorp alloys and can add...

They drop easy

PM Mihec about his collar button mold for the 45-70... I recently bought one from this overrun stock (he still had a couple left).. I have cast some up but not tried them yet... ~145grn @.460 dia
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Just to confirm my order.. No. 23 PB 4C .. My order doesn't say HP in the listing.. I'd hate to get a solid because of a typo ;)

Al works for me

I've ordered some 8mm Mauser expanders that I can reduce in dia slightly so I can play with neck tension with my new cases as I dont have any once fired yet, I'm thinking I want minimal neck tension....

My first NOE mold in brass and it looks almost too good to use, stunning! Thanks for sticking with this one despite the problems.. Now to get casting :)

I had some time today so I tried making one of the throat impressions with a pure lead slug hammered into a filled case. The distance between the measurements from the case mouth are 0.10in. One of...

My bullets are .305 all the way to the ogive

My range test were not exactly what I had hoped for.. At 25m my 10 shots were spread into about a 1 foot group, 2 of the holes were ovaled. I also had two loaded exactly the same but with the bullets...

A shorter but still pointed nose would be better I have been thinking as well, just to make it a bit more robust.. I have been keeping my eye on the pointed NRA PP mold in the group buys, proven...

Because AM don't do pointed or even round nose... My only interest in this is long range paper punching in my 308 (and 303 brit if they do it)... This mold is such a rarity I'm thinking of one in...

Paper measures at .003, double thickness is measuring .006-.0065.. One side of the paper is smoother than the other, the rough side you can see lots of long fibers in the paper but it seems very...

I loaded a handful of rounds to test at the range on saturday, I will only have access to the 25m test range for sighting in rifles but that will do at this stage to see if they are going straight....

Ok I tried Lee Alox for final sizing but I think it soaks into this paper too much, they look great but cutting one off it seems the layers stick together in places.. maybe I will come back to this...

I hope the bullet works ok, I'm also concerned about the nose.. if after a load of testing it wont shoot I will be looking at getting one made that is like the original .303 brit round nose...