I picked a up used Lyman mold a while back and decided to cast a few with it last night. I was tickled with how well they filled out and they dropped out like butter. Unfortunately, I found they are a bit out of round. Upon closer inspection I noticed the halves do not align perfectly and I could see a sliver of daylight between them.
It was getting dark so I brought the mold in where I had better light and found the edges of the holes that the locator buttons slip into were a bit displaced upward. That explains the slight gap. I carefully filed them flush and now my two halves fit tightly together. They are still barely offset from one another. Just enough that a finger nail will snag the edge.
Does anyone have any suggestions to align the halves nicely? This mold will be exclusively for pistol plinking. The resulting bullets will be PCed and sized. I have yet to load and fire any but I have no other molds in this caliber with which to compare. Am I making mountains from mole hills? I have very little into the mold so I’m not going to sweat it if it’s a loss.