Lyman Devastator.

CWLONGSHOT

Well-Known Member
Any one have this in the 190g 45?

I would love to find the 155g 10mm one and thinking I might "need" this 45...

CW
 

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Had one once for about a month. Very hard to get even mouth because it was so thin, plus if not out of really hard alloy, would collapse on the feed ramp. There is a reason they only made one run of those.
 

Ben

Moderator
Staff member
Yes, I do dislike HP moulds that cast " paper thin walls" at the nose.
I have a high reject rate with those.
Erik in OR and I had a good discussion on this prior to him HP'ing
my NOE 311008 2 cav. Mould. I'm happy with what Erik did with my mould. This mould will produce about 98% " keepers ".

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Ian

Notorious member
You boys need to learn how to hustle and keep the mould and pin hot. Ladling at 290⁰ mould temperature ain't gonna cut it. Running the ragged edge of shiny with rounded bands ain't gonna cut it. 725⁰ sticky wheelweights with no additional tin does great in the ACP, you just have to make four pours a minute or they won't fill and will have a big void in the bottom of the cavity or tip of the pin area.

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Ian

Notorious member
I'll bring this up again. The .45 Devastator (mine drops at 205 grains) really likes the high side of the middle bullet mould temperature.

 

Rick

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Staff member
You boys need to learn how to hustle and keep the mould and pin hot. Ladling at 290⁰ mould temperature ain't gonna cut it. Running the ragged edge of shiny with rounded bands ain't gonna cut it. 725⁰ sticky wheelweights with no additional tin does great in the ACP, you just have to make four pours a minute or they won't fill and will have a big void in the bottom of the cavity or tip of the pin area.

Exactly. Except I do add 2% by weight Sn. As Glen says in his writings . . . A hot hollow point pin is a happy hollow point pin. I also had Erik make me a new smaller (shallower) pin for this mold. As with any mold the mold temp is critical to quality casting and with the HP the spud temp is as or more important.
 

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
You boys need to learn how to hustle and keep the mould and pin hot. Ladling at 290⁰ mould temperature ain't gonna cut it. Running the ragged edge of shiny with rounded bands ain't gonna cut it. 725⁰ sticky wheelweights with no additional tin does great in the ACP, you just have to make four pours a minute or they won't fill and will have a big void in the bottom of the cavity or tip of the pin area.

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I'm not that fast at 73 years.
 

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I'll bring this up again. The .45 Devastator (mine drops at 205 grains) really likes the high side of the middle bullet mould temperature.

I've never had success with the parent 452374 design unless I cast pretty hot. I always had difficulties with bullet diameter above the lube groove being a bit small. Add a large gaping hollowpoint to that and I can see some pretty thin HP nose walls.