CBE Mould from Australia

Ben

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I made a swap a few days ago for this CBE ( Australia ) brass .31 cal. mould.
The mould arrived in the morning mail.
It is a ( factory cut ) plain base mould and had been sent to Erik in Oregon by the owner for Erik's insert bar hp conversion ( great work, not cheap however ).

The mould needed a good cleaning. It is in top flight shape now.
The " as cast numbers" on the nose and drive bands all look good to me.
This mould may have the thickest sprue plate of all of my moulds.
It makes HP bullets just as fast as my 2 cavity moulds that are not HP moulds ? ? ?

Ben

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Nose .302 "------------ I'm sizing the drive bands .311"

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Lubed, rolled in BLL, sized .311 "
 
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Maven

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Before there were many custom mould makers, e.g., Arsenal, NOE, et al., there was Veral Smith (here) and Jim Allison in OZ. The late Joe Wiest aka 'the Mad Machinist" wrote glowingly about CBE moulds in "The Fouling Shot." At that time I happened to need a "fat" Loverin for my Mod. 1909 Arg. Mauser and CBE offered exactly what I was looking for: Reasonable price, fast delivery, excellent workmanship and accuracy. In 2007, I picked up another CBE mould, essentially a fatter, heavier version of Ly. #311041. It too was very well made, though lightly used. It too was and is a tack driver in my .30-06. Congratulations Ben on acquiring that beauty!
 

Ben

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Before there were many custom mould makers, e.g., Arsenal, NOE, et al., there was Veral Smith (here) and Jim Allison in OZ. The late Joe Wiest aka 'the Mad Machinist" wrote glowingly about CBE moulds in "The Fouling Shot." At that time I happened to need a "fat" Loverin for my Mod. 1909 Arg. Mauser and CBE offered exactly what I was looking for: Reasonable price, fast delivery, excellent workmanship and accuracy. In 2007, I picked up another CBE mould, essentially a fatter, heavier version of Ly. #311041. It too was very well made, though lightly used. It too was and is a tack driver in my .30-06. Congratulations Ben on acquiring that beauty!
Thanks Maven,

With some experimentation, It should shoot well in one or more of my many .30 cal. rifles.

Best,
Ben
 

Spindrift

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Nice catch, Ben!

Interesting bullet design, particularily the nose. I’ve seen that design concept on other CBE moulds, I’m tempted to treat myself to one.
I have two CBE moulds, but they are both in .358 caliber, for my Whelen (250 and 300grs).
 

Spindrift

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They both shoot well!
The 358-250 is perhaps the best design, with a gently coning nose. It should also work very well in the .358 Winchester, and I believe it would be adaptive to different throats.

The .360-300 is a bore- rider. My mould dropped undersized bullets. Which would normally be highly undesireable. But it allows me to apply powder coat, so for my particular needs it works very well.

Edit: the two om the right in my .35 family photo
 

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Ben

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That sounds great !
The one on the far right looks like a real " masher ".

Ben
 
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Charles Graff

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When the guy that made those CBE molds retired and sold the business, another guy continued to make molds. I have not read anything about them since the sale. I have a couple of the originals and they are well made molds.
 

Ben

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I believe this one is an old one, but I have no proof.
The bullets from this mould are super round, I believe the mould was cut by someone that knew what they were doing.

Ben
 
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Ben

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UP - DATE

The CBE bullets are lubed , sized .311 and ready to load now.
Yesterday I loaded a few for my Tikka Model 695 ( pre T-3 model ), 30-06 Springfield.

The nose ( as cast ) was .303" , so I nose sized to .302" since I knew that had worked well in the past with this particular rifle.

I loaded 50 rounds with some of my " Pet Plain Base Loads ". Maybe I'll get lucky and have some rapid success. I'm anxious to send these down range.

Using the OAL you see below, the rounds chamber very smoothly in my Tikka rifle.

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For you guys that like to see all of the bullet in the neck of the case , you'd like this one.
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Won't have to worry about this CBE plain base bullet being a loose fit in the bore of my rifle.

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When the loaded round is chambered in my rifle, the three front nose bands lightly imprint into the rifling.

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PAT303

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UP - DATE

The CBE bullets are lubed , sized .311 and ready to load now.
Yesterday I loaded a few for my Tikka Model 695 ( pre T-3 model ), 30-06 Springfield.

The nose ( as cast ) was .303" , so I nose sized to .302" since I knew that had worked well in the past with this particular rifle.

I loaded 50 rounds with some of my " Pet Plain Base Loads ". Maybe I'll get lucky and have some rapid success. I'm anxious to send these down range.

For you guys that like to see all of the bullet in the neck of the case , you'd like this one. Using the OAL you see below, the rounds chamber very smoothly in my Tikka rifle.

fzYM2ij.jpg


DyEADE4.jpg


Won't have to worry about this CBE plain base bullet being a loose fit in the bore of my rifle.

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When the loaded round is chambered in my rifle, the two front nose bands lightly imprint into the rifling.

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VtUGEpT.jpg
How important is the engraving on the nose in terms of accuracy, is that part of the static fit?.