I have a friend ( Jason ) that is a beginning caster.
He is an excellent shooter but has not been casting his own bullets for very long.
He has a nice 24 " Oct. barrel, Rossi, .357 Lever action and a Ruger Varq. .357 Mag.
He wanted a nice general purpose " Utility Bullet " for those two .
I found him a single cav. Lyman 358429 mould.
It is an old one and has seen some use, but in general it was in about 85% shape , better condition on the inside of the cavity than the outside of the mould blocks.
The 1st few test cast with the mold produced good bullets, but they were slightly out of round and didn't size out all the way around to .358" , which was our goal.
The sprue plate also needed some attention. I promised Jason that today I'd get started on his mould project .
About 1.5 hours into the mould " Re-Hab " and I'm now finished with the work.
I'm happy with the outcome.
I thought that some of you might like to see the photos of the work done to the mould.
Ben
Everything is completed now, time to clean the mould with brake cleaner and an old
tooth brush. Now we'll cast with the mould and see what the dimensions of the newly cast bullets are ? ?
An added advantage is if you have a mould that is " sticky " about releasing its bullets when the mould is opened, this process does wonders for that problem.
I wish you were here when this mould is opened so that you'd be able to see the bullets " jump out of the mould. "
I shot his rifle yesterday with open sights. 357 Cases, 358429 with 6.7 grs. of Alliant Unique.
He is an excellent shooter but has not been casting his own bullets for very long.
He has a nice 24 " Oct. barrel, Rossi, .357 Lever action and a Ruger Varq. .357 Mag.
He wanted a nice general purpose " Utility Bullet " for those two .
I found him a single cav. Lyman 358429 mould.
It is an old one and has seen some use, but in general it was in about 85% shape , better condition on the inside of the cavity than the outside of the mould blocks.
The 1st few test cast with the mold produced good bullets, but they were slightly out of round and didn't size out all the way around to .358" , which was our goal.
The sprue plate also needed some attention. I promised Jason that today I'd get started on his mould project .
About 1.5 hours into the mould " Re-Hab " and I'm now finished with the work.
I'm happy with the outcome.
I thought that some of you might like to see the photos of the work done to the mould.
Ben
Everything is completed now, time to clean the mould with brake cleaner and an old
tooth brush. Now we'll cast with the mould and see what the dimensions of the newly cast bullets are ? ?
An added advantage is if you have a mould that is " sticky " about releasing its bullets when the mould is opened, this process does wonders for that problem.
I wish you were here when this mould is opened so that you'd be able to see the bullets " jump out of the mould. "
I shot his rifle yesterday with open sights. 357 Cases, 358429 with 6.7 grs. of Alliant Unique.
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