Well Jim, I actually did give her a hug from you. We had a good laugh.
And fiver, we know we have at least one good bullet for her rifle. Attempts to partially beagle the new mold failed--I wasn't happy w/ the bit of slop in the nose at the muzzle end, and have been searching high and low for nose engraving, but 2 things: first, light nose engraving may be happening due to obturation, and secondly, the profile of this particular bullet seems a poor fit for the chamber. We'll try it, of course, but this particular mold seems better suited to my rifle. There's one more mold I'll try beagling on--the smallest bullet of the three--and we eagerly await the arrival of our .459" sizing die.
Here's what I'm working from:
"For those of you interested, below is a diagram of the bullet. It should be noted that the bore-riding section MUST be at barrel-bore-diameter at the chamber end of the barrel, not muzzle end. This is important due to the long nose ogive (unsupported nose.) Testing has shown that if the bore-riding section's diameter is too small for the bore, accuracy can be abysmal. And, a harder alloy is required for this high ballistic coefficient bullet design so the ogive does not bump-up and potentially reduce both accuracy and ballistic coefficient."
To me, this is just an iteration of what I first read here, the importance of chamber fit rather than barrel fit.