Lead ?

[SgtDog0311]

Well, I came back to read this all again more than once. I've shot the Cody a good deal. Still getting lead rings but the mold I have does not give me an option for exposing a lube groove so not gonna worry over it till I get another mold. The rifle shot excellent anyway; like Kurt said cleaning does not indicate any leading issue. Case closed for now – with no ill effects.
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So why the re-reads... well I have two Ballards just off to John Taylor for reline and still mulling over the transition I want to ask for in one of them, a 40-65.

Kurt, if you see this tell me if I'm wrong - I'm interpolating from the last cast image you posted, and your comments, (where you saved your oval throat with the 4 degrees/1.5 degree compound ‘transition/leade’), that your Manson solution gives a more versatile chamber. And, if not an ‘improvement’ over the Browning BPCR, it's not a detraction either.

Would that be correct to say?

Obviously by my asking you can tell I like it the traditional flatter transition.

The 40-65 chamber reamer that John Taylor uses will essentially give the 45 degree transition. So, if I wanted to go with the one I'm favoring I’ll have ‘some’ additional cost. If my assumption is wrong, I’ll gladly save the extra cost for a throating reamer. If its right, I’d gladly spend the money to get what I “think” is more versatile. One thing I didn’t understand earlier in the thread – probably because I didn’t know the term or implications and am not used to reamer diagrams.. . When you said that your CPA 44-1/2 Stevens chambered in .44-75 Ballard “…will not except a GG bullet unless I have a mould made that will cast a .399 ring bullet”. What is a ring bullet and would you mind educating me how that plays in with the transition angle, or if it even does?

Btw, I've decided on the 40-65 (over the 40-82 Silhouette) as my BP debut rifle/caliber. Had enough fun this summer with others shooting BP that I decided it was time to get my feet wet. Actually have a 40-63 and 38-55 standing in line too.

Thanks a lot Steve!!!