Lyman 314299

Ben

Ben

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I had an opportunity to buy an older Lyman 314299.
The mould arrived today.
I got lucky. My clip on WW's cast a bullet that is .3025" on the nose and .313" on the drive bands. ( I have nose sizing dies that can size .302, .301, or .300" )
For me and my needs, all these numbers are just about perfect.
I got lucky on this one ! !
A lot of .30 cal. cast bullet shooters say the " 299 " is a fine design.

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Here they are lubed , sized, gas checked , rolled in BLL and drying.
These will be loaded tomorrow.

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Uncle Grinch

Uncle Grinch

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Ben,

314299 is my mainstay mould in my 30 caliber milsurps. From the ‘03 to the 7.65 Arg, it has performed well in our vintage rifle matches. If the bore is tight, I go with the 311299.
 
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Ben

Ben

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I believe that this 299' and I will get along just fine.

Thanks,
Ben
 
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quicksylver

quicksylver

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I love a,strong nose.303prefered I have lets see a Lyman 311299 noe's 312299 and a gc /plain base 314 299 the lyman throws a 313 and .303+more the 312 312with a .302 nosethe 314314 with a .304 nose all great shooters the 314 sized 311 gets the most use
 
fiver

fiver

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my 314299 makes 304 [barely] on the nose and squeaks past 313 on the body [by about .0005] with my alloy.
the Argie loves it, even with the 2" jump to the rifling.
I really need to work it out in a few more rifles.
 
Ian

Ian

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I got a 311299 that casts .296x.298 on the nose, .307x.309" on the bands. Awesome. (NOT).
 
KHornet

KHornet

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Great mold ben, I cast it for P14. MKIII, and two
Mosins. I size .313/.314 depending on the rifle.

Paul
 
Ben

Ben

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Ian said:
I got a 311299 that casts .296x.298 on the nose, .307x.309" on the bands. Awesome. (NOT).
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Ian,

I'd read about so many of the 311299 moulds casting small ( like yours ) that is why I was " gun shy " about buying a 311299. Hence my reason for buying the 314299.

That logic seems to have worked well for me.

Ben
 
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TXTad

TXTad

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I plan to load for my Uberti Stalking Rife in .303 next year. This seems like it might be a good bullet to start with for that application.
 
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Thumbcocker

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I have the same mold that casts out almost identically. Sized to .311 it is the cat's pajamas in the M1 with 34 grains of 4895.
 
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It seems a lot of us end up with undersize 314299. Mine was around .298 in lino on the nose as well. My original plan was to lap it out, but at the end of the day it ended up getting sold as used after only test casting. My ending was better than some, I had an FFL at the time so I bought it at wholesale (remember that?), and I sold it for what I paid for it with disclosure. I'm glad Ben got one that's satisfactory.
 
Maven

Maven

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The Lyman #314299 was my go to CB for my Mod. 1909 Arg. Mau. (until I got the CBE/Jim Allison fat Loverin) and my SAKO Mod. 28/30 7.62 x 54R. As I wrote the other day, it was surprisingly accurate in my first SKS as well.
 
Michael

Michael

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I have a Lyman 314299 mold that makes the a nice bullet, .302 on the nose, they are sized and ready to load, so do not recall what they drop at for body dia.
One thing that does happen is I get a frosted spot forward of the front driving band that extends +/- 1/4" up the nose, that is slightly sunken.
What are/is the cause(s) of this and remedy(s). Not sure if the mold is too hot, to cold, the melt to hot or cold. I usually cast about 750 and run two molds close to the same weight in tandem, and make sure to leave nice puddles on top of the sprue plate. I run COWW with 5:1 with lino. Occasionally this occurs with other molds with longer noses, but most often with this mold.

I have tried casting faster, slower, hotter melt, cooler melt, put my hat on backwards, 60's rock vs old country on the radio. Likely just missing the correct combination. What are your experiences in resolving this situation when it happens. Many thanks.
 
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Michael

Michael

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fiver said:
the hot alloy keeps hitting that spot.

long skinny bullets do best for me if i line up the hole and shoot the alloy in straight to the bottom.
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Thank you. I need to give the spout a good cleaning, it likes to kind shoot off to the side a bit, was never worried about a little swirl when filling, in the same spot all the time. Makes sense.
 
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