50 mold

[Dave Roelle]

Hi Stephen-------------well one of us had success----the 50 looks like a winner the 45/400 not so much.

I departed from current mold design looking for a simple way to produce mold bodies with separate bullet nose options---------a simple sleeve type mold seemed the best way for ease and speed of creation.
The first pic and second pic are the assembled mold without handle







The next two show the mold dis-assembled






This last view is the sprue end ready to close and pour



Evidently i lapped some taper into the cavity and when the nose form pin is retracted to the pouring position i have too much clearance between the cavity bore and the pin---------lead flashed down the side of the pin and locked up the nose/ejector pin---RATS

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i'll grind a reamer to the finished diameter needed----eliminate the lapping operation and create a new nose pin and try-er again

This style mold should, in theory at least, produce the "roundest" paper patch style bullet right out of the mold----- and be easy to change nose shapes holding the bullet body diameter the same.

Ejection should be able to be accomplished with just a firm push on the back end of the nose pin carrier plate ---- an assisted ejection operater could be created but i don't think it will be necessary

Back to the lathe

Dave