I got this surplus Mihec 75gr 223 mold that drops bullets with an undrsize front driving band. Now we're all getting replacements so I now got this mold I got no use for. But I think it can still be made usable since the front band is .225> and I would size to that diameter anyway.
I am very interested in building a coating setup for my 223 bullets, been leaning towards the electrostatic gun method for some time now. Part of the reason I want to do this is to get away from gas checks (and lead gas from the AR) and now that I got a surplus mold I am thinking, what if I have someone mill away the gas check shank on this mold? Make a flat base bullet that is meant to be used with a coating to protect it rather than a gas check.
Or maybe I should turn the gas check shank into a bevel base rather than a flat base? I got a 6 cavity so maybe 3 cavities of each type?
And if someone wants to do this with their surplus mold (there are a bunch of us now) go ahead and please report how it went I'm too busy with house building and kids to do this in 2014. It's far off in the future... If am lucky I will have the chance to test the new mold and unmodified bullets this summer.