44cal GB mould

[Blammer]

I got a 207gr 44cal Lee 6cav gb mould in the mail today.

It's one that was ran a while back but I just got one from GLL, NIB so to speak.

Cleaned it well, heated the pot and cast a few.

They drop at .433 and out of round to about .434, so not too bad.

Managed to get a few good ones.

so checked, sized, and lubed them.

Not too bad.

The meplat is bigger than the boolit I used to kill my last deer, so I may think about using this one.

Here's a pic of a cast one and one checked and lubed.

[fatnhappy]

I'm not quite sure 200 grains of lead is sufficent to kill 80 lb whitetails and I know it'll never be up to snuff for a NC 11 point. I think you should try one of the Mihec 305 grain .44 moulds he's offering.

Nice boolit Blammer. Looks great.

[hunter64]

Kind of festive with the lube on there. lol

Mine is coming in the mail also and I can't wait to get it and give it a run in my .444 Marlin. My other design that was similar to this one will be in around the end of July and I will see which one performs better in the Marlin. I think this would work great also with no check and a nice mild load of H110/2400/Unique powder out of a .44 revolver.

[GLL]

My two moulds also cast slightly out-of-round but only 0.001" at the parting plane. That cleans up uniformly in sizing.

Jerry

[6pt-sika]

I've had this mold for almost 2 months now and have yet to get the first bullet cast !

I was however fortunate enough last year to get about 125 bullets cast from one of the first run of these molds . A friend on "Marlinowners" cast me up a bunch of them in 50/50 Lino / WW and water quenched them . I sized and lubed them at .431" and shot them in my 1966 First Model 444 !

They shot quite well with XMP5744 and I had the rifle set up for deer last season . Sorry to say however on the day or two I carried that rifle no shots presented themselves . I do not however see any reason this bullet wouldn't work fine with a reasonable shot on any deer up to 150 pounds .

[GLL]

Blammer:

Did you have any trouble getting the checks on ?

Jerry

[Blammer]

Took good thumb pressure to get them on; a little bit too much if you ask me.

My boolit was sized to .430 so the large "side" on the nose is what's prevelent.

[GLL]

Blammer:

Hunter64 has had trouble getting the checks on his as well !

Mine are "snug" but apparently not as bad as the two of you.

I will ask if others are having problems as well.

Jerry