I am looking for a 44 cal mold that cast .433. Do the molds cast a true size.. I have a bunch of hard cast .430 dia. That are worthless in my Henry. Thinking about a molt and melting these down. Any comments. Thanks.
I am looking for a 44 cal mold that cast .433. Do the molds cast a true size.. I have a bunch of hard cast .430 dia. That are worthless in my Henry. Thinking about a molt and melting these down. Any comments. Thanks.
keep on rolling along.no matter what happens just keep rolling
Molds rarely cast exactly to size. Look at Arsenal molds. They have a couple of options for .434" molds. You will probably also need a .432"X.436" expander from NOE as well, or try sizing your brass with a Lee carbide crimp die (without the crimp sleeve).
I will tell you this. I have several molds from Accurate Molds and when Tom says they will cast .002 larger, he is spot on. You must give him the mix you will cast with and I have not had a single one to miss that mark. Email him and he can plumb up your problem. When you go to the "configure a mold" section of his order process, you can specify diameter.
IT AINT what ya shoot--its how ya shoot it. NONE of us are as smart as ALL of us!
Cast them SOFT -- dead soft/30-1 -- and try them.I have a bunch of hard cast .430 dia. That are worthless in my Henry.
One of the biggest disasters to hit cast bullets
has been the fabled 'goodness' of "hard cast"
As stated above, most molds will cast to the size stated IF you use the alloy specified by the mfg (or tell the mfg which alloy you will be using).
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 |