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Post by boatswainsmate on Jul 17, 2024 8:16:32 GMT -5
Look great. Good mold fill and clean edges. What is your alloy? Homemade hardball alloy. |
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Post by boatswainsmate on Jul 17, 2024 9:40:32 GMT -5
What’s crimp to nose length? I'm not quite sure how to measure that |
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Post by stubshaft on Jul 17, 2024 14:28:04 GMT -5
NEI had some GREAT mold designs. Those hammers shore look purty!
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Post by lar4570 on Jul 17, 2024 14:33:26 GMT -5
You sir always cast some excellent looking bullets! You take good pics also  What temp do you cast at? |
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Post by boatswainsmate on Jul 17, 2024 17:51:10 GMT -5
You sir always cast some excellent looking bullets! You take good pics also What temp do you cast at? This mold liked 780 degrees. I usually cast between 700-800 degrees. I start at 750 and work either way the mold likes. |
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Post by jeffh on Jul 17, 2024 20:04:04 GMT -5
This mold liked 780 degrees. I usually cast between 700-800 degrees. I start at 750 and work either way the mold likes.
I've been told many times that I'm doing it wrong, because you should never have to go above 700F-725F, but you know what? Some moulds and some alloys disagree with that old bit o' wisdom and I have some hard, mongrel "alloy," which makes really nice bullets at almost 800F, but anything below that - garbage.
Again - nice work.
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Post by bigbore5 on Jul 18, 2024 0:43:26 GMT -5
What’s crimp to nose length? I'm not quite sure how to measure that Measure bullet oal. Measure case oal. Seat bullet to crimp groove and measure oal. Then by subtraction you will know not only crimp to meplat, but also depth into case. Oal- case= crimp to meplat |
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