My NOE HTC 310–247 – FN mold came in!
I heat cycled it three times, and it still took a little bit before it dropped good bullets, eventually it was working pretty well. I only cast up maybe 150 or so.
Something odd happened with the Alloy. I wanted it a little bit harder. I wasn't really worried about exactly what it came out to., but when I weighed the first bullet, it was about 240g. So knowing it should be 247 I figured that it was a pretty hard alloy. Which is fine again I cast off about 100 150 or so. When I was done I threw a 5 pound chunk of pure lead because I didn't need that hard of an alloy for the 10 mm bullet, that I'll be casting next. Now just for SnG, I cast one more mold to weigh the bullet. Don't you know that bugger come out 238 g !!!
Whats up with that???
It's a 25 pound pot and it was about just over 1/2 full. So that 5 pound chunk was a good 25 to 30% of the volume of the lid that was in that pot and it dropped a bullet that was lighter which lead you to believe that it's harder still...
Anyhow, I'm really pleased with a boolits and powdercoated them in a green mix that I make that I know it's nice and thin and I was able to get about 1.5 to 1.75000s thickness which is awesome.
Well, here's the bullets.
It's a loong Bullet it's about the same as the case!!