NOE 35XCB MOLD

[35 shooter]

Just recieved my new 35xcb from Noe on Thursday. Got it cleaned and run through a heat cycle today.
I'll do that a couple more times tommorrow and hopefully cast with it Sunday afternoon.
This one is a 2 cavity al. with 1 gc and 1 pb. Should get some ht'd next Monday night and be running a few through my 35 whelen by next weekend.

I needed another 35 cal. mold about like i need a hole in my head, but i'm looking forward to playing with it anyway!

 

[Ben]

Buddy,

You're like I am......." Simply put, I'm just one more mold away from being happy and having all that I need . "

I'm looking forward to seeing some groups.

Ben

 

[35 shooter]

I put the last break in heat cycle on it today, so it's ready to cast with tommorrow. Looked in my ingot bin and only have about 8 ww ingots ready and maybe a half pot full of melted ww. Should be plenty, but i need to do some smelting too. May just pretty well make a day of it smelting and casting.

Ben this is the 6th mold for the whelen...i think i need to call it happy right there lol, but AL keeps on turning out new ones!!! And then there's all those Accurate Mold versions.......

 

[Ben]

When you reach the top of the mountain and take one step ..................................................

 

[35 shooter]

Lol, yep, one step too many could be headed downhill from there! Actually i'm just as curious about the pb version on this one as i am the gc.
You have me hooked on plain base shooting. 12 gr. of unique and a plain base 358009 @1275 fps. out of my whelen is more accurate and fun to shoot than any .22 i ever owned.
Not exactly a pipsqueak load either...digs a deep hole in a 100 yd. dirt bank!

This will have to be a good one to out shoot the 358009 for sure.

 

[Ben]

Your whelen is a very accurate rifle. this will be interesting.

Ben

 

[35 shooter]

Cast with it today for the first time and while i'm not an expert caster by any means, this one made me look like i am.
I only checked about 40 to 50 each of the plain base and gas checked versions, but was impressed with the results. I could probably shoot these unsized and do well with them as they are all concentric in weight and dia.

The gc's weighed 228.7 gr. + or- .2 and the pb's weighed in at 231.2 + or- .2
The bands on the gc's were .3603 to .3606
Bases and bands on the pb's were .3611 to .3614

All the NOE molds i have pour tight tolerances, but this one is pretty extreme.
I have enough neck clearance to shoot the pb's at 361 if want to try it someday, which might be interesting. I normally size everything to .360 for the throat.

 

[yodogsandman]

Watching from the sidelines! Hope to see you do real good with this one, too!

 

[35 shooter]

Thanks yodog, i'm hoping too! It's definitely a good looking bullet. If the weather will hold around here, maybe i can try a few this weekend and see what "ol contrary" has to say about it!