I'm not sure if I should start a new thread or not...I am choosing not.
A couple days ago, I found a 4 cav Lyman 452460 mold in my stash...I totally forgot about owning it? Heck there was even a Top punch in the box. According to my log book, I only cast with it once, in 2013.
The mold looked like new, I had bought it used from a fella that bought it new in the 1980s.
So I cleaned off the oil and fired up the lead furnace and started casting using some range scrap alloy that measures BHN 10.
Dang those 4 cav Iron molds are heavy. I got about 350 cast before my arms gave out.
I lubed/sized them yesterday with the lyman 45 using SL68B and a 451 die. I think I mentioned before, that this 625JM has tight chambers and 452 bullets will chamber only if I use R+P brass, but other brands of brass with thicker case walls won't chamber with 452 bullets, but will chamber with 451 bullets.
Today, I setup the Lee turret press ...and Dang, according to my log book, I haven't loaded anything since May 2018, no wonder everything in the reloading room was dusty. I got about half the bullets loaded over some Unique. I'll finish them tomorrow and mount 'em on the moon clips and wait for the temp to get above freezing, then hit the range. I may have to bring a snowthrower with me to the range
I've never really noticed how accurate this gun is, since most of the range visits with it, have been plagued with ammo/moonclip problems. And I'll be extra curious if these 451 bullets cause some Lead fouling.