Sizing bullets

[Nuclearcricket]

Gentlemen, this has been a lively and educational discussion. I guess my next step is to find out if infact my as cast bullets will chamber. Due to the age of my Shiloh I shouldn't have any chambering problems. My 40-65 I don't know just how tight it is. Due to the poor accuracy it has showed I really haven't shot it much, just enough to fire form my brass.
Now to the rest of the story. I guess in essence I did come up with a solution to a problem that most likely doesn't exist. I did make and adapter that will hold a Lyman sizing die. It does work, and it will work in both my Co-Ax press as well as my Lyman press, just a real pain to get it screwed into the lyman as you have to screw it in from the inside. I also found that you end up loosing a lot of the mechanical advantage of the press but its not all that hard to squirt the bullet through the die.
Now I just wonder what surprises in accuracy lay ahead for me. I have only ever shot one bullet that was shot as cast and pan lubed, this is because it is a tapered bullet. No load development I just figures oh I will put this much powder in the case and set the bullet in and see what happens. After getting dialed in on the range, it went 10 for 10 on the pigs at 300m. That includes one shot by another fellow on the range that seemed interested in trying the rifle. I guess I can't complain about that. Granted the shots were all over the pig but they all hit and that's what really counts.
For me making the adapter was a fun project and also a bit of test of my skills and my lathe. To bore a hole .705 in diameter almost an inch and a half deep with a 3/8" boring bar and have it come out straight isn't doing too bad I guess. I know the adapter worked for the few bullets I pushed through it. I don't know how long it will last or hold up if it was used a lot. There is only about .03" of material between the thread root and the ID. I guess only time will tell and with any luck it will not be needed at all.
Thanks again.
Sam