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Old August 9, 2012, 07:58 PM   #96
Doc Hoy
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Join Date: October 24, 2008
Location: Naples, Fl
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I cast some bullets using that Lee mold

I have the 234 mold from Lee. It is an RNFP 200 grain bullet w/ two rings.

First cartridge I put together was fine. Second one had lead all over the side of the cartridge.

I sat and thought about it for a bit and then measured the diameter of the slug.

It is supposed to be .452. Most of them were .452 on the seam diameter but if I measured ninty degrees off the seam I got consistently .456 to .457.

I did not squeeze the handles to get a tight mating but I did not think that was important. (No day is wasted upon which you learn something.)

Now I am going to try recasting the slugs with a clamp on the mold for consistent mating.

It is fun learning things everyone else already knows. And...No...I am not embarrassed.
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