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Back in June of last year, I bought a Lee brand double mould to cast 405gr .45-70 bullets for my High Wall.
Since I already had around six hundred ready-mades from a company here in UK, it took a while for me to get round to using the Lee mould.
I have to say, before anybody fires one off at me, that I have a bunch of Lee moulds already, and I've been using most of them since the mid to late 80's, so we have a good history - until now.
The mould looks fine, and so do the bullets that come out of it - it's just that their weight sure as heck isn't.
The rear section casts a bullet that weighs around 420gr and the front casts a bullet that weighs around 425gr - each give or take about 1 - 2gr. As my one and only long-range BP rifle, that is just not acceptable, I think that most of you would agree.
Looking at their website, they actually tell you that they are not altogether happy about answering emails, which, apart from sending the blame thing, is the only way I can communicate with them in short order.
Advice here, folks would be much appreciated, since what I appear to have is a mould-shaped paperweight.
TIA.
tac
Since I already had around six hundred ready-mades from a company here in UK, it took a while for me to get round to using the Lee mould.
I have to say, before anybody fires one off at me, that I have a bunch of Lee moulds already, and I've been using most of them since the mid to late 80's, so we have a good history - until now.
The mould looks fine, and so do the bullets that come out of it - it's just that their weight sure as heck isn't.
The rear section casts a bullet that weighs around 420gr and the front casts a bullet that weighs around 425gr - each give or take about 1 - 2gr. As my one and only long-range BP rifle, that is just not acceptable, I think that most of you would agree.
Looking at their website, they actually tell you that they are not altogether happy about answering emails, which, apart from sending the blame thing, is the only way I can communicate with them in short order.
Advice here, folks would be much appreciated, since what I appear to have is a mould-shaped paperweight.
TIA.
tac