450_Ackley
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24/04/11 09:29 AM
Saturday's casting session

Found some time yesterday to cast a few bullets, I usually run 2-3 moulds at one time, rotating around each mould, allowing time to cool between casts. Once I get a rhythm going, it's not hard to end up with a good pile of bullets after a few hours.
The moulds I used yesterday are a CBE 258-80-SP, an 80 grain pointed bullet for my wifes 257 Roberts, I load it with 12 grains of TrailBoss for 1773 fps.
This is a pic of some of the bullets from the mould.



The next one I cast was a mould I've just aquired, it has taken me about 5 years of searching to get this mould, I bought it as a secondhand mould, it arrived brand new, it had never cast a bullet... until yesterday.
It is an old discontinued Lyman bullet 3589, or 358009, and was touted as being THE bullet for the 35 Whelen, we'll see soon enough. Straight from the mould it weighs 282 grains, which is what Lyman listed it as. I can't wait to get some of them loaded up and head to the range.



The last one I cast is a CBE mould for FATBOY404, it will be for his 404 Jeffery, as soon as I make a new lube sizer die at 0.424" and a neck expander die to suit. This is a borrowed mould from a friend, who uses it in his 404. This one weighs in at 427 grains from the mould, 44 cal gas-checks will slip on nicely. Should work very well I'm hoping.




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