Recently purchased the NOE 246-105 5 cavity as my old RCBS DC was too slow (we use a lot of bullets). Casts beautiful bullets, about 100 grains as cast, gas check fit is excellent. Loaded a few dummy rounds to check feed and fit and found they are hard to close the bolt on in my M70 unless seated with the sized portion even with the case mouth, and even at this seating depth can feel it start into the rifling. My Win M70 has a lot of freebore between the end of the chamber and start of the rifling, unfortunately my Rem M700 does not. It requires major force to close the bolt and if you don't fire the round opening the action will leave the bullet lodged in the rifling.
A quick measurement shows the diameter ahead of the drive bands as .243, a really tight fit in a nominally .237 bore. Bullets that I stuck in the rifling show deep indentations from the lands.
Not sure how to proceed. I know my alloy is about is roughly 4% tin and 6-8% antimony and will shrink less than WW's, but best I can determine even straight WW's will only reduce the diameter about .001, still awfully large.
Any advice or suggestions? I can replace the mold with one that will work in both or even get a different mold for use in the M700, but am concerned that another NOE mold will have the same issues.