The Boolitz that Ron shot were indeed cast from a LBT double cavity mold. They are cast of straight wheel weight alloy that was water dropped from the mold. My current WW alloy appears to have a higher percentage of Pb, in the past they cast at 333 gr.
Verel Smith of LBT also cut the molds for Harvester. These are a catalog item at LBT, I should have had him cut me a 4 cavity.
I cast these as Verel recommended, WWs, water dropped. They are not supposed to expand, just button slightly.
I cast these the day before I sent them to Ron. They will reach their max hardness in another week. As Ron's test shows they will shot great and drive deep in a straight line.
My family, friends and I have shot thousands of these in Harvester "smooth" sabots over the past 6 years. The vast majority are shot from smokeless guns. The rest are from guns charged with BH209, @ 80 gr. I have harvested many deer with these. Piles of these have gone to friends in Alaska, Colorado and Montana, were they have Harvested game there.
This is one of the samples of Boolitz I sent to Ron. :-)
Good shooting Ron!
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