Accurate mold
#1
Accurate mold
I got my 44-390 mold from Accurate Molds yesterday and got it all cleaned up and properly lubed.
I started casting today and probably cast 300 or so. The mold throws a really nice bullet and this is the first mold I ever had where almost every bullet dropped out of the mold without tapping.
I did notice that this mold required a slow fill from my Lee bottom pour pot. Too fast and I would get wrinkles in the bullet. My lead temp was right at 725 per my thermometer.
I started casting today and probably cast 300 or so. The mold throws a really nice bullet and this is the first mold I ever had where almost every bullet dropped out of the mold without tapping.
I did notice that this mold required a slow fill from my Lee bottom pour pot. Too fast and I would get wrinkles in the bullet. My lead temp was right at 725 per my thermometer.
Last edited by bronko22000; 04-01-2021 at 12:54 PM.
#3
I don't know Ron. I'm in Florida and I only brought my melting pot and other casting stuff down with me. I did use pure lead to cast them. I will have to do the sorting by weight once I get back up north.
#5
Thanks JW. When I get back up north I'll be weighing and sorting and paper patching them and shoot them out of my .45 T/C Hawken with a GM LRH barrel and my .45 T/C Encore Pro Hunter. I hope they shoot as good as they look.
Ron and Lewis put me on to paper patched bullets a couple years ago and I picked their brains getting as much info as I could. The paper patching is a bit time consuming but on the plus side you don't have to mess with bullet lube and you get no lead fouling in the bore either.
Ron and Lewis put me on to paper patched bullets a couple years ago and I picked their brains getting as much info as I could. The paper patching is a bit time consuming but on the plus side you don't have to mess with bullet lube and you get no lead fouling in the bore either.