NOE 35 cal 182gr WFN

[wquiles]

This is a mold I bought a while back, the one that comes with 3x sets of pins, one for "flat" point, a shallow HP, and a deep HP. Here looking dirty after two casting sessions today:








I did two batches, one with the flat pin, and one with the shallow HP pin:



Here before sorting:

 

[wquiles]

The bulk with the flat pin came in at 182gr - this one here was "light":



These came in at around 181gr:


These came in at around 182gr:



and these at around 183gr:



I will port pictures of the HP's soon.

 

[Ian]

Nice! Thouse moulds can be a real pain to cast with but once you get the appropriate figetration sorted out so you can run them fast and hot enough they work pretty well.

I take it these are for your new .35 AR?

 

[wquiles]

Here are the HP ones - at about 178gr:

 

[wquiles]

Nice! Thouse moulds can be a real pain to cast with but once you get the appropriate figetration sorted out so you can run them fast and hot enough they work pretty well.

I take it these are for your new .35 AR?

Yes, this was my first ever mold with the pins, and it was more tricky for me to use. Interestingly, I got much tighter sorting from the second casting session when I was using the shallow HP. Don't know exactly "why" but "most" all bullets were in the 178gr range.

Yes, to try in the 358Yeti, but these should be good ones to try in my 358Win mauser, and also in my Taurus 357mag

 

[Spindrift]

Nice bullets! I like the look of those cup points. Good luck with your shooting!

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

I like them! Good work!!

One of my favorite bullets is qui similar but is 190g in my alloy. It’s profile is just a tad “blunter” and dosent work in all guns throats.
It’s been very good “killer” in my 357 Maxi at nearly 1850 FPS.

I don’t have a HP in this style I bought some from GT bullets to test last year. They work very well with impacts 1200 FPS ish and expand to the bottom
Of the HP with 90+% retention. Move past 1350 and you will shed 20+% weight. (There alloy) There hardness is about 10-11 BHN.

Good luck

CW

 

[Rally]

Are you resting the bottom of your mould on the pot when pouring with the FP pins in? There shouldn't be those slight depressions in the FP if your pins are adjusted correctly for depth, or unless you are closing the mould and then setting the bottom of the mould on a flat surface, which pushes the pins up into the mould prior to pouring. You can adjust the pin depth by slightly bending the pin retainers up or down.

 

[wquiles]

Nope - not resting on anything. Those slight impressions (which are not quite consistent across the 4x cavities) are the default positions based on the retainers on the bottom.