Lyman 225462

[Ben]

A friend of mine has a nice 225462.
When I bought my .222 Rem. SAKO rifle, he loaned me the mould.

The 225462 is the early front runner in the accuracy dept out of my new ( to me ) .222 Rem.
As time goes on, the 462' may or may not continue to hold that title ? ?

My friend Ken that owns the mould wouldn't have minded me borrowing the mould again.
I doubt that many of use like to borrow things, I don't.
So................., I've been looking for a 225462 mould of my own.

I finally found a double cav. Lyman 225462 and the mould arrived today.
I couldn't wait to cast some with the mould.
It cast great bullets that size out well to .225" dia.
I'M A HAPPY CAMPER ! !

Photos :

I'll be testing all three of these Lyman cast bullets in the coming days in my SAKO .222 Rem.

 

[Tony]

NOE just ran their version of this design. I ordered a 3 cavity (made on 2 cavity blocks), GC, Brass mould. It would not surprise me if Al has a few PB moulds in stock. Tony

 

[Ben]

This bullet mould reminds me of the shooter's views for the M-1 carbine.

1/2 love it.............1/2 hate it.

Right now, I'm in the 1st lot.




Ben

 

[KHornet]

I have that mold, and it is a good shooter, mine weigh in right at 58gr as cast. I find it and 225646 to be very close in accuracy, but both are to long for my 222 at 1-14 twist. Both shoot great in my 223 Axis with 1-9 twist however.

 

[Ben]

Yes, that ( twist ) is why I've also recently obtained the 225415.

The 415" might be friendlier in my 1 - 14 twist .222 SAKO.

Ben

 

[dg31872]

Ben, that mould is a 225462EP. What does the EP stand for?

 

[Ben]

I have no idea.

 

[Rick]

Very possibly nothing more than the initials of the Lyman machinist.

 

[9.3X62AL]

What Rick said, I've heard before. Also read or heard that such suffixes are cherry identifiers. Lyman moves in mysterious ways.

 

[johnnyjr]

A friend of mine has a nice 225462.
When I bought my .222 Rem. SAKO rifle, he loaned me the mould.

The 225462 is the early front runner in the accuracy dept out of my new ( to me ) .222 Rem.
As time goes on, the 462' may or may not continue to hold that title ? ?

My friend Ken that owns the mould wouldn't have minded me borrowing the mould again.
I doubt that many of use like to borrow things, I don't.
So................., I've been looking for a 225462 mould of my own.

I finally found a double cav. Lyman 225462 and the mould arrived today.
I couldn't wait to cast some with the mould.
It cast great bullets that size out well to .225" dia.
I'M A HAPPY CAMPER ! !

Photos :

I'll be testing all three of these Lyman cast bullets in the coming days in my SAKO .222 Rem.

I have that one in a single cavity only. Cast up a few today. 50/50 alloy.. linotype and lead..how do you like the 225415 bullet ??