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I polish the pins on pretty much all my HP & HB molds due to release issues. The pentas can benefit from it as well but you'll need a steady hand. I haven't found it necessary to remove every...
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Forum: Casting Equipment
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I polish the pins on pretty much all my HP & HB molds due to release issues. The pentas can benefit from it as well but you'll need a steady hand. I haven't found it necessary to remove every...
I've been doing almost the same thing. I'm a big fan of CFE Pistol. Burn rate is very similar to Unique. I happened into a large quantity of AutoComp awhile back and have found it to be extremely...
I should have offered sooner but do you want some samples? PM me which molds as cast or coated, if you care what alloy etc and about how many.
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Can't speak to an 1873 but they feed nice and slick through my Miroku 1892.
Too cool!
MP clones Lyman molds better then Lyman clones their own.
I'm familiar with that one- I was actually on the GB list and dropped out at the last minute. Seems I shoulda stuck to my guns. I cast up and coated a few good ones and will load up and report back...
I just received this mold:
https://www.mp-molds.com/product/402-180-tc-bevel-base-solid-6-cavity-mold-no-lube-groove/?currency=EUR
Based the (non-dimensioned) reference drawing the nose...
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To an extent yes. You still need a conservative HP cavity geometry. Up to about 1400fps a shallow cup point penta will hold together. About 1150-1200fps is the limit for the bigger deeper pins and...
The closest to a real snubby I have is a 2.5" S&W mod. 19- so "cheating" on the velocity and also u. Similar results to yours though in that barrel length can make a tremendous difference. 359-640...
I keep running into that problem...
I think the 360-640 is a great design and like it enough that I have both 4 cavity HP and a 6 cavity solid. I keep teeter-tottering on the 360-640L. There is a...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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Seems like we are all finding the same performance window of ~4.5gr Unique or equivalent burn rate.
I've been loading the NLG version with either 4.5gr Autocomp or CFE Pistol interchangeably...
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Weights:
NOE 135gr solid/128gr HP
MP 359-135NLG 135gr solid/130gr HP
MP 360-640 155gr solid/ 145gr HP crimp to meplat .345"
MP 359-640 170gr solid/ ~158gr big HP
Crimp to meplat...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
It would be a shame if they changed the formulation. That's one of my best dry tumble colors...
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Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
You can try silicone spray from the auto parts store if needed. I tried it to get difficult to tumble coat powders to stick. There are a few videos on YouTube. Worked so-so for that, easier to just...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
At the risk of hijacking (sorry OP).
357 mag. The left solid bullet is coated w/ clear PC BTW not naked. Cup pts on the left also lost 10-15gr, too much velocity for even the modest HP. Side note...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
Yes lead:tin. You can get by with very low amounts of antimony with proportionately high tin content but unless you are going to test it out assume ANY antimony will cause fragmenting. Run the...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I tested it awhile back with pistol bullets. Far left bullet in each group had the HP cavity intentionally filled to the top with PC powder before baking and completely plugged the HP. All 20:1, shot...
In stock being the fly in the ointment, but this is my favorite .40S&W bullet so far after trying the Lee 175gr TC and the NOE 200gr WFN/180grHP.
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HP pics are all I have at the moment but I...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have the lube groove version of that bullet and agree it's an excellent design. 3rd from left in pic. I've been loading with either 4.5gr of Unique or CFE Pistol.
For comparison the Lee 358-125,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The NOE copy of the H&G #130 puked in both of my pistols with my otherwise generic .45acp starting point of 5.0gr Bullseye. The first time was a double take kind of moment, as in quadruple+ typical...
You might consider having the nose diameter negative toleranced or otherwise cut somewhat smaller if you are powder coating that design for use in 9mm. PC will lengthen the bearing surface on the...
MP 453-490. Drops 230gr solid, 217gr with the big HP out of my range scrap.
Top row L to R: MP 452-200, MP 453-490, NOE H&G#68 clone (~210gr w/ range scrap).
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I don't know when the...
When I was at the USAMU the service pistol team guns were built with standard GI style guide rods, with the best guns capable of holding 1.5" at 50yd. In contrast the action shooting pistols all had...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |