I love plain basing .30 cal. moulds ( as many of you have seen of late ).
You'll often times end up with a fantastically accurate cast bullet to be shot at sedate velocities. No gas check to buy and install and the plain base design is easy on the shoulder , ears, and pocket book.
Today's mould was a .30 cal, NOE 169 gr. double cav. gas check design.
I used my drill press along with my 5/16" ( .312 " dia. ) HSS , drill bit after a judicious amount of checking and double checking to see if the entry point for the bit into the mould was perfectly perpendicular.
Once the work was done and the mould was hot, I poured one from the front cavity and one from the rear cavity. 176.0 grs. and 176.1 grs.
That's close enough for me.
Ben
The g/c shanks in both cavities have been removed.
Here is the finished product :
Doesn't take long to accumulate some nice plain base .30 cal. cast bullets with this one :
You'll often times end up with a fantastically accurate cast bullet to be shot at sedate velocities. No gas check to buy and install and the plain base design is easy on the shoulder , ears, and pocket book.
Today's mould was a .30 cal, NOE 169 gr. double cav. gas check design.
I used my drill press along with my 5/16" ( .312 " dia. ) HSS , drill bit after a judicious amount of checking and double checking to see if the entry point for the bit into the mould was perfectly perpendicular.
Once the work was done and the mould was hot, I poured one from the front cavity and one from the rear cavity. 176.0 grs. and 176.1 grs.
That's close enough for me.
Ben
The g/c shanks in both cavities have been removed.
Here is the finished product :
Doesn't take long to accumulate some nice plain base .30 cal. cast bullets with this one :
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