shinyroks
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Okie, so I have been casting for a couple of years now, but I have not run into this problem with LEE molds. I purchased the .476-400 mold and it casts oversize so that a loaded round does not chamber. LEE is not taking special orders at the moment, and I am can not justify the $50 right now to get Magma to make me a die for my Star sizer.
I hear oversize bullets are a problem with this mold right now. I was wondering if there was an alloy mix or method which might cause the bullets to shrink a bit more coming out of the mold.
Currently I am using straight WW and water-quenching them out of the mold for convienience. My next step is to try casting without quenching, that takes up more space than I have set up currently. The bullets currently drop at .479-.480. I am loading these for a Taurus in 480 Ruger, which seems to have pretty tight chambers.
Thanks for any insight.
I hear oversize bullets are a problem with this mold right now. I was wondering if there was an alloy mix or method which might cause the bullets to shrink a bit more coming out of the mold.
Currently I am using straight WW and water-quenching them out of the mold for convienience. My next step is to try casting without quenching, that takes up more space than I have set up currently. The bullets currently drop at .479-.480. I am loading these for a Taurus in 480 Ruger, which seems to have pretty tight chambers.
Thanks for any insight.