Original paper patched bullet designs?

[Distant Thunder]

   

This is what I ended up with. Sorry for the not so good picture. The diameter came out perfect at .506" and patches with my Seth Cole 55Y right at .510" so I won't need to size them, but will probably run them through my .510 size die just to smooth things out. The only disappointment is the weight which is a little heavy at 490 grains. The length is 1.055, close to an 1 1/16". I would think that the cupped base in the original bullets reduced the weight some. That and the fact that this is a groove diameter bullet and not a bore diameter would add some weight too.

I only had time to cast 30 bullets, that will be enough to see if it'll shoot. I'm not worried about it because all the paper patched bullets I've tried in this rifle have shot well. I'll eventually test it out 500 yards. I think it will work well for me. This is the lightest ppb I've made in .50 caliber so it will be interesting to see what it can do.

I'll try to get some better pictures once I start loading some of these.