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Crankgrinder · September 13, 2011, 09:49 PM

I have a .357 mold with which i have consistantly cast 20 bhn bullets of .358 diameter on one side and then .361 or .362 diameter across the parting line which I can catch my thumbnail on where one side is sticking up over the rest of the bullet. both sides of the parting line are like this. It appears to me that the mold halves are out of line. has anyone had a problem like this with lee 6 hole molds before? does this mean a defective mold? could it be lack of lube?( i lube the dowell pins and the holes they go into as well as the sprue plate screw with alox wax lube but that is all) I have tried cleaning out the mold with soap/brush and holding the mold handles tighter while casting but then i get the same results. I would apreciate any help on this and how possibly to remedy this problem before i send it back to lee and then maybe wait for quite a while. I would hate to send back a good mold that may not have taken much to fix.

September 13, 2011, 09:49 PM	#1
Crankgrinder Senior Member Join Date: July 24, 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 917	misaligned molds? I have a .357 mold with which i have consistantly cast 20 bhn bullets of .358 diameter on one side and then .361 or .362 diameter across the parting line which I can catch my thumbnail on where one side is sticking up over the rest of the bullet. both sides of the parting line are like this. It appears to me that the mold halves are out of line. has anyone had a problem like this with lee 6 hole molds before? does this mean a defective mold? could it be lack of lube?( i lube the dowell pins and the holes they go into as well as the sprue plate screw with alox wax lube but that is all) I have tried cleaning out the mold with soap/brush and holding the mold handles tighter while casting but then i get the same results. I would apreciate any help on this and how possibly to remedy this problem before i send it back to lee and then maybe wait for quite a while. I would hate to send back a good mold that may not have taken much to fix.