More adventures in paper patching

[Randy Bohannon]

Kurt had mentioned my patch on one of my 40 cal bullets in a previous thread was short and could possibly cause some leading issues. After reviewing why the patch was short with having the same amount of the base covered (30%) and all the patches the same length. I was prompted to measure the length of the bullet,lo and behold I had a myriad of different lengths, short ones medium one and some really long ones over 400 grs. I had cleaned and lubed the mold with Kroil before these were cast.It appears my "adjustable" mold was self "adjusting" during the casting cycle.I know I had set it to my 360 gr. length the plug was bottomed out,was pretty sure I tighten the nut enough, obviously not so. I have added a lock washer and will melt all these down and start over.This is I am confident why accuracy has been poor.
"I endeavor to persevere" Chief Dan George.

[Don McDowell]

Kurt had mentioned my patch on one of my 40 cal bullets in a previous thread was short and could possibly cause some leading issues. After reviewing why the patch was short with having the same amount of the base covered (30%) and all the patches the same length. I was prompted to measure the length of the bullet,lo and behold I had a myriad of different lengths, short ones medium one and some really long ones over 400 grs. I had cleaned and lubed the mold with Kroil before these were cast.It appears my "adjustable" mold was self "adjusting" during the casting cycle.I know I had set it to my 360 gr. length the plug was bottomed out,was pretty sure I tighten the nut enough, obviously not so. I have added a lock washer and will melt all these down and start over.This is I am confident why accuracy has been poor.
"I endeavor to persevere" Chief Dan George.

Randy the bullet on the left is my 400 360 gr8 wrapped in a 3/4 inch patch. Bullet on the right is the .396 money in a 7/8 in. Patch

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