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Interestingly, the bullet is oversize by quite a bit (almost 2 thou) :-(

I turned a precision pin to exactly 0.6135, with the first 40 thou in length 0.6130. I also kept checking frequently while...

Wow, one half at a time? There must be some serious precision involved. What is the target precision in the depth of cut direction?

I decided to use one cutter after all. When I did a test cut in...

I'm making a mold I mentioned in another thread on this forum (made of 7xxx aluminium, sprue plate borrowed from a Lyman mold).

Prior to making the blocks and the cutter I read lots of threads and...

Ok, thanks. I'll make it 0.6135. Better if it ends up slightly over than under. Although if it ends up under I can always cut a little more.

I'm planning to use a 4 jaw chuck to hold the blocks....

I'm after a rule I can apply to various molds I'll no doubt cut in the future. Is the. 6135 answer coming from experience of making aluminium molds, or was it calculated ?

Using thermal expansion...

I'm making my own bullet mold using 7xxx aluminium (for the ease of machining mostly - also I like aluminium molds). This mold is a replica of a 1851 Swedish Kammerlader for Navy bullet.

It is a...

Yes. As an owner of a blow tube pictured I confirm it is true. Guess how I found out...

I went through the same surprise with Lee sizing dies (steel, not carbide). I found my Lee dies were under size by around 6-8 ten thousand of an inch so slightly less than a thou. I also found out...

I'm not sure about terpentine, but I know acetone doesn't dissolve beeswax. Same with ethanol. So I would expect mineral spirits to be equally useless...

However, I recently discovered ethyl...

Someone already mentioned a simple length of a clear tube. Mine is similar. I used a piece of (long ago) clear tubing that was used to deliver cooling water. When it was made for the original...

I found a generic brass tube of around 8mm (a quarter of an inch) od diameter available in some craft and hardware supermarkets makes a great drop tube. It has thinner walls than equivalent aluminium...

I finally managed to test the Lee hollow base bullet indian master recommended (405-459-HB). It shoots really nice. I've done all my recent testing on 50m on a reduced size target as I believe the...

0.4515 > 0.450 The direction in BAW's post is fine.

Also, good news is that based on a limited 50m test Lyman's Postell seems to be working fine (including without wiping!) despite undersized...

Good to know.



Thanks for this. I'm currently using a 60 thou wad cut from thick gasket material. It is compacted impregnated cardboard. I also have felt, and ldpe(containers to cut it from)...

Yes I do, and I will :-) Also Lee 405 HB is coming in the mail.



Thanks. That martini bullet I think it is Lee 457-450-F. If that's the one. Yes it is available locally. It is always good to...

Well, that's unfortunate. 500-3R is/was on my list of molds to test. How about Lyman 677? Local people claim it works well on accord of two front driving bands being bore size in lieu of a bore...

Just out of curiosity. Is this coming from bad experiences you had with "beagled" molds, your measurements, or you're estimating that's what happens?

I haven't measured the nose precisely yet....

Is vertical dispersion typically indicative of fouling, or is it more typical for the group to simply open in all directions? I don't know. If you do please let me know.

Perhaps you're right...

That is a very good point. I would've probably have given up on this bullet and gone to 500grains if I didn't shoot a 1.5inch group at 100m with it on two consecutive days (target shown below). Is it...

Eliptical yes, unbalanced no. Also, after sending them through a sizing die that elipticity (is that a word) is on the order of 3~4 ten thousands of an inch. Pretty much the same as my as cast...

Yes, exactly. The PO box is in Las Vegas (no sales tax in Nevada).It is not an actual box, just an address. It looks like a normal residential address. I never had issues ordering bulky items. Then...

I order much less than I used to from US (I'm located in Poland) these days, but I have some hopefully useful advice. When ordering stay away from companies like stakry, shipito etc. Those companies...

I wish! No this is with the cookie. With just the bullet last few inches before the muzzle are pretty hard crud (including a "star" of crud at the muzzle).




I believe I did say I beagled...

These are really nice groups.

I never tried a hollow base bullet in this rifle. Luckily my local distributor has LEE 405-459-HB mold. How did you modify it? Did you make it non-hollow base?

I...

I've had the rifle for over a year, but only in last few weeks I started to properly develop a black powder load for it. I read all 4 Paul Matthews books, few other books written by other authors,...