True up your cast and paper patched bullets

[Eric Johanen]

This Lyman Postell mold is 1 thousand out of round. Nose varies between .449 and .450. not much but at least the driving portion of the bullets trues up to .459 Old Lyman 459125 nose is oversize and hard to chamber If I use it I have to run the nose through a ,44 Magnum ,448 carbide size die. (it does work really well in a original Springfield Trapdoor rifle). Pain in the butt so I ordered a .458 BACO 500 grain RN Government mold and it drops the nose at .448. Perfect for shooting dirty as it carries a whole bunch of lube. It holds more lube than the Lyman mold and shoots very well in my Shiloh. Will have to test it in the newer C. Sharps. I have really noticed the difference with paper patching. After a pass through the die, each bullet chambers with the same amount of pressure. These Lee push through dies have become a standard in my loading process.