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Grenadier
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Need 12 bore bullet sizer
#125968 - 06/02/09 07:59 AM

Looking for a 12 gauge lead bullet sizer. Need to get to .735". Anyone know where I can get one or know of somebody who can make one?

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: Grenadier]
#125970 - 06/02/09 08:07 AM

Corbin Manufacturing will make you one, I'm sure. You could also try Dave Kiff at Pacific Tool and Gauge.

How big a bullet are you sizing down to .735"?

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: DarylS]
#125973 - 06/02/09 08:15 AM

~.745"

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: Grenadier]
#125978 - 06/02/09 11:00 AM

.010" is a long way to go, but if they are lubricated first, with the groove or grooves completely filled, they'll size down just fine. If not lubed first, they'll distort.

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: DarylS]
#125987 - 06/02/09 02:17 PM

Thanks for the two suggestions.

I cast them and they come out a tad over .735" which is actually ideal. Then, after two weeks, they expand, not by much but by enough to make a difference. I'm using 16:1 lead:tin.

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: Grenadier]
#126039 - 07/02/09 03:14 AM

Are these bullets for a paradox or fully rifled barrels? The bullet diameter needs are different for each gun, as Ross Seyfried found out.

As far as the bullets expanding after casting, I've not seent his myself - I only use pure lead in the ML's and WW's for modern-type guns. It's been 25-30 years since I used tin/lead alloys - the detailed cast bullet memories of those days are just about gone.

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: DarylS]
#126170 - 08/02/09 04:40 AM

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Are these bullets for a paradox or fully rifled barrels?

A couple of Paradox guns.

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: Grenadier]
#126174 - 08/02/09 05:13 AM

What brand of paradox are you reloading for Holland, Westley... or?

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: gatsby]
#126179 - 08/02/09 05:41 AM

H&H. I cast and shot a batch of bullets that were .735" and would drop nearly all the way down the barrels. They shot well. But after a couple of weeks the bullets swelled just enough that they only drop about 8" into the barrels.

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: Grenadier]
#126185 - 08/02/09 05:55 AM

Which bullet mold are you using and what year was your pdx made? Does it have 7 or 9 grooves?

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: gatsby]
#126188 - 08/02/09 06:13 AM

Custom mould for Fosbery bullets. One with 7 and one with 9.

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: Grenadier]
#126189 - 08/02/09 06:19 AM

"Official" bullet diameter for both of the guns is .7355" per spec on original "Regulator" tool of the same period. Unfortunately, I don't have a "Regulator".

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: Grenadier]
#126190 - 08/02/09 06:20 AM

What weight bullet do you cast with 16/1 mixture?

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: gatsby]
#126191 - 08/02/09 06:26 AM

725gr hollow

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: Grenadier]
#126192 - 08/02/09 06:30 AM

Who made the mold?

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Re: Need 12 bore bullet sizer [Re: gatsby]
#126193 - 08/02/09 06:41 AM

CBE

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