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Jim_C
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Re: 9.3 mould questions
16/12/14 03:36 PM

Thanks for the replies, guys. Daryl, I had to laugh at myself--I had to look up the powders you mentioned. I was considering powders more in the range of IMR 3031 to IMR 4064. Those have worked well for me in a couple of 8x57s, so they seem a good starting point.

I got home from work tonight and plugged the lead pot in. The pot was full of soft lead, but figured that would be close enough to give me some measurements. Once the lead and mould were up to temp, I cast about a dozen bullets and called it good.

The gas check shank mic's out at .3408", with great consistency and concentricity. As I feared, that works out to a 35 caliber gas check. The mould is old enough that 9.3 checks were likely unavailable, leaving the options of using 35 cal or 375 cal checks.

Current plan is to finish lapping out the sizing die while I wait for some 9.3mm gas checks. I'll ream the gas check shank of the mould to fit the checks, and then I can get to load development. (Since I hadn't actually planned to get a mould til spring, I'll still be ahead of my mental timeline. I must be forgetting something. . . .)

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
9.3 mould questions	Jim_C	15/12/14 02:00 PM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	DarylS	15/12/14 06:39 PM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	aromakr	16/12/14 01:45 AM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	Jim_C	16/12/14 03:36 PM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	DarylS	17/12/14 03:05 AM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	wjw	17/12/14 03:16 PM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	DarylS	18/12/14 02:18 AM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	Jim_C	18/12/14 04:59 AM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	cordite	20/12/14 02:24 PM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	CptCurl	30/01/15 11:27 PM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	aromakr	31/01/15 01:56 AM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	Iowa_303s	31/01/15 10:42 AM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	DarylS	31/01/15 11:05 AM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	Iowa_303s	31/01/15 11:27 AM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	DarylS	01/02/15 06:04 AM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	Iowa_303s	01/02/15 07:25 AM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	DarylS	01/02/15 07:35 AM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	eagleyes	31/01/15 11:59 AM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	Jim_C	31/01/15 05:20 PM
Re: 9.3 mould questions	xausa	18/12/14 01:34 AM

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