This afternoon, I cast my first 1,500 or so 45 cal., 200 SWC HG 68 design bullets out of my new Lee 6 cavity mold. I used Daniel's sprue plate lube and I think it worked pretty well. In fact, I probably contaminated hole #2 as I didn't get base fill out like I'd like. It got better half way through the session but I did end up with some bullets that only filled 98% so to speak.
Mainly, where the bevel base part of the bullet is, the edges are not sharp. I've been culling these but am not sure I need to. I think I'll mike the bases and see if the rear band is "to spec". Does this sound reasonable?
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