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Thanks, I'm going to see if this will produce a 425grn as published with it lowered. I'm going to add lock washers like yours. I hope to give it a try this weekend.

The Lyman is a simple mold. The Minie ball is a whole different story. I'll post a photo in a moment. Got to go into the garage and get it.

Upon closer inspection of the mold, it appears I might be able to adjust the depth of the cavity thus giving me more volume to pour lead into. :headslap: Never seen this kind of mold before. I'll have to do more experimenting.

We only get one season to choose. Archery, ML, Modern. Now you can use a bow or ML during the modern season but you have have a tag for the modern season and hunt only in that season. We used to be able to hunt all three seasons but that went away when they figured they could make more...

One of these days I'll figure out how to do the Paper patch without them looking like :barf: . What I've done with the Minie balls is to wrap them with Teflon plumbers tape. The fit snug all the way down and stay put.

The odd thing is my Great Plains mold seems to be pretty accurate from the Lee Pot. I tried one more thing with the Lee Pot just now. I lowered the Temp since I was already at Hi. I went to #7. I also mated the mold with the Lee Pot during the pour and after a second lowered it to see when...

Thanks guys. I might go to a cast iron pot for melting lead and a ladle. I usually use this for my hard cast stuff. I'll see what happens. Right now about half are in the 390s. A little more that 1/4 is over 400 and the rest is 380s.

Not yet. The big difference is Minie ball has an aluminum piece in the middle to create the cavity at the base. I have noticed that casting differs from when the lead it high in the Lee Melting pot vs in the middle vs near the bottom.

In preperation for an up coming hunt, I've been casting Great Plains and Minie ball bullets from Lyman molds. This is for my fast twist .54. I've notices variations in the final cast bullets. Not so much in the Great Plains but more with the Minie ball mold. The first thing I noticed was...

The one on the top was a conversion I had done by John Taylor. He drilled and tapped the holes and machined the sides at my request. The one on the bottom he custom built.

It would only be a guess. There are a number of members here that might know. I had a Pin underhammer converted as it is to interchange barrels with having to bang on a pin.

I can tell you that in small bore rifle competition, we would find a lot of Elley ammo that best shot in our guns. Then used that and didn't mix lots. It actually made a difference. As to my ML, I have noticed a difference between 2f and 3f shooting off a bench. Of course different brands...

Yep. Pinned=old version Set screws=newer version

Agree on the weight issue. I'm going to get ready for another Buffalo hunt. I've killed one with a .62 RB that has some weight behind it. I'm thinking of using a .54. Just purchased a Great Plains mold for the .54. Mostly because I want the weight to penetrate.

I wonder how well it would work with something that has a direct ignition like an Underhammer.

What's it called?

Thanks.

Yes they are. I will be in the 500's area on the Yellow stone river.

I was able to purchase a Montana Deer B surplus tag! What's confusing is it didn't require an out of state general hunt. License. :hmm: All I needed was a hunting access enhanced. So for $80.00 I got an out of state deer B antlerless tag. That's better than what I can get in Wa. Go...