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I'm looking to start buying better quality molds. I was looking at an Noe 44 caliber mold that I found for sale. it is .434 diameter, why so large? I would think .430 would be correct.
Currently I...

So of the factory available molds like Lee, Lyman, RCBS, Seaco. without going to a custom mold what would be the best quality in order from best to worst

Okay so I took the mold apart I cleaned it up I found two very small pieces of lead in between the two halves but beyond that there is almost .003 of an inch Gap in between the two halves of the...

I believe there's also an issue with the swaging die it was very hard going through that die. I thought I was going to break the handle off of my rock chucker press. in fact I ran a few 9 mm heads...

Thanks for all the responses. I will check for a gap between the two halves. I'm almost positive that I poured a bunch of times when the sprew plate was not 100% under the holding Bolt

I don't understand how the alloy or the hardness has anything to do with it. the mold is what the mold is if it's 358 it should cast bullets at 358 can they possibly grow after I open the mold

99.99% pure lead

I'm holding the mold by the ends of the handles and I actually went back and re-poured some more heads to make sure I was doing it correctly. I mic'ed the mold and it comes up at 358 but the bullets...

This morning I cast almost a thousand 357 Magnum semi wad-cutters. I tried to run them through my resizing die and almost broke the handle on my RCBS Rock chucker. The mold is a Lee 6 cavity 158...

Im just beginning my journey into bullet swaging. And already i've come to the conclusion that a metal lathe would be a better investment. I can lathe turn bullets or make dies to swage them

I have to agree with bullet factory. Its not rocket science. Its basic machining