7mm Bullet Mould

[Ben]

This should be fun.
I have several 7 mm rifles.
They are all great shooters.
Just got this Lyman 287448, 118 gr. Gas Check Mould with a double crimp groove.
Bullets from this mould with air cooled clip on WW's drop at .2875 " , nice and round.
I size to .2865 ".
A lead saver and super accurate.
I'm guessing that my grandson will be sending quite a few of these
down range.

Ben

 

[RicinYakima]

Ben, the top groove was originally for collecting fouling. The top thin ring, suppose to be just groove size, was called a fouling scrapper. This was all left over from black powder design. Ric

 

[Ben]

RicinYakima

UUmmm, shows what I know.
They looked like crimp rings to me.

Thanks for your input.
Ben

 

[RicinYakima]

The bottom one is a round crimp groove. You need to go back to a 1906 -1912 Ideal handbooks and look at the woodcuts. While this number is a 1930's creation, the nose is the same design as the early ones. The 311284 for the 30/40 and the 311290 without the scrapper.

 

[richhodg66]

Neat looking bullet.

I got a 7x57 sporter a couple of years ago I grew fond of quickly. Bought one of the "soup can" six cavity molds from Midsouth and have since then sent a large pile of them down range, works nicely with 10 grains of 700X.

That bullet of yours would probably work better through most modern rifles, mine has a pretty generous throat.

 

[Ben]

It seems to be a good shooter.

 

[oscarflytyer]

So... I was looking for a heavier (than 130 grn) bullet for my new-to-me Rem RB 7x57. Maybe 150-170. Any recommendations?

 

[Ben]

Look at the RCBS 145 gr. 7 mm mould. Super accurate in my rifles. You can always buy an Accurate mould. Can't go wrong with Tom Ellis's moulds.

 

[Ben]

Elric ,

Check your PM's


Ben