Lead ?

[Kurt]

Kurt... I'd sure like to save some of your cast images from the first page of this thread. When I save without going to photobucket I just get a thumbnail that is hard to make details out when viewing. When I go to photobucket and try to share it just gives you a link back to photobucket.

Do you know a way that is handy to save them in full size? That is of course if you don't mind.

John you will just about have to go into the bucket and right click the picture and click save as. That will put it in your picture files full size and from there you can use the magnifier.

Here is a hard to find cast of a .44 Rem Special. Look at the lead Rem used for their match chamber.

[SgtDog0311]

You sure do nice casts Kurt. Looks like it has a pretty flat transition and then a little freebore... am I interpretting what I'm seeing correctly?

I tried the right click but no dialogue box dropped down. I'll go back and try that again.

Ok... tried again and no drop down from which to save.
At the bottom left I got a little add saying I needed Update Version M. Player 9.2 so I googled that before clicking and found this:
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"M.Player 9.2 update ads is another name of unsafe adware that attack via social engineering and other ways to the compromised PC. Very time and again Google Search engines are used to promote inline commercials with search results either at the bottom or at the right side of the page. This is done to earn money using pay per click advertisements and perilous domain forwards. You can’t believe M.Player 9.2 update ads as it uses abundant platforms and places hoop around Internet and usually penetrates into your computer system bundled with fake updates and other free downloads that you do".
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I'm not too PC savy so I think I'll leave it alone.

[SgtDog0311]

I think I'm on it Kurt... moved my cursor to the top right and a "right click" worked. Thanks!

[Kurt]

That's not my cast. That is one I didn't record properly when I put it in my files. I don't know who gave it to me.
But what is interesting about that cast is the shallow grooves they used and the lead angle looks about like the Browning transition.
When you compare them with my .44-90bn Shiloh grooves.
Here are two casts of my two .45-90 bn's. of my two Shiloh's the top cast is the 45 degree that is now used. The cast below it is a reamer I had made from a cast of an original Sharps long range that was in new condition. It had very shallow grooves and a very flat 3-1/2 degree throat. The cast you see is a change I made to a 4 degree 1.5 minute because I did not want the long funneled throat. Now I wish I would have made the reamer as the original. I might send it back for a regrind if I ever chamber another rifle for that caliber. It's a great caliber that shoots very well.

[SgtDog0311]

Thanks. Great image!!