This is a well made and beautiful mold but also the hardest mold I’ve ever used to get it casting properly. I stuck with it and eventually produced perfect bullets that dropped right at .463″ using 20-1 alloy. I did have to loosen the sprue plate and scratch some radial venting lines in the top of the rear cavity as well as cast quite a bit hotter than I expected. Prior to casting I ran the mold through 4 heating and cooling cycles at about 400F and I “smoked” the mold with a butane lighter.
Anonymous
Verified owner
Rated 5 out of 5
shoots great
Jonathan G.
Verified owner
Rated 5 out of 5
For my rifle I wish I had gotten the 0.460 rather than the 0.462, but the smaller wasn’t in stock at the time. Doesn’t matter much, they shoot great! Love having the HB option.
This is a well made and beautiful mold but also the hardest mold I’ve ever used to get it casting properly. I stuck with it and eventually produced perfect bullets that dropped right at .463″ using 20-1 alloy. I did have to loosen the sprue plate and scratch some radial venting lines in the top of the rear cavity as well as cast quite a bit hotter than I expected. Prior to casting I ran the mold through 4 heating and cooling cycles at about 400F and I “smoked” the mold with a butane lighter.
shoots great
For my rifle I wish I had gotten the 0.460 rather than the 0.462, but the smaller wasn’t in stock at the time. Doesn’t matter much, they shoot great! Love having the HB option.
excellent trap door bullet