Can someone lead me to a mold manufacturer that make molds just for powder coating? we dont need lube grooves. I powder coated some of the bullets I've made and they wont chamber. The ogives end up too fat to go into battery.
Can someone lead me to a mold manufacturer that make molds just for powder coating? we dont need lube grooves. I powder coated some of the bullets I've made and they wont chamber. The ogives end up too fat to go into battery.
I know noebulletmolds.com has them. Should be more vendors with them. Good luck.
Ron
NOE uses HTC as the prefix for their no lube grove (NLG). MP makes them too I just got a 65gr .223 NLG mold and Arsenal has some too.
Steve,
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Accurate Molds has made a few non-grease groove molds for me.
He is working on one now and we are finalizing the specs.
It is for a new .475 Bowen Super Redhawk.
All of them have been enjoyable to cast with and are every bit as accurate as the conventionally lubed boolits
that I have used in my revolvers.
Bob
I believe you'll find that most of the molds designed for powdercoat (without lube grooves) drop pretty much the same driving band and ogive diameters as those with lube grooves. 'No-lube-groove' boolits won't cure your 'fat ogive' issue...trust me, I've been down this road. Possible solutions: nose sizing (NOE tools/inserts), seating boolit deeper, or not applying powder to boolit nose (requires a nose-down holder for boolits and application of powder by electrostatic spray). All are something of a PITA but if that's what you need...
Bill
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Arsenal molds, has smooth sided molds also.
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You may be able to have the barrel throated a bit to allow a fatter boolit. I had Dougguy do my 1911’s barrel, now I can run any .452” boolit seated out as far as the magazine allows with zero problems.
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What type of bullets are you having chambering problems with? Are these for pistol or rifle? I was having problems with bore riding rifle bullets, and came up with a process to powder coat just the driving bands while leaving the ojive uncoated. This is a time consuming process, but it works.
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 |