lathe your own molds

Leo at Boomers molds in Regina makes custom molds cut on a lathe. They are nice to use. Don't have to smoke it, clean it, or beat on it with a mallet to open. He can build any thing you want from .22 on up.
 
Andy said:
I don't have a picture of the bullet, only the mold. I used an old Lee mold, a drill and a tap.

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Wouldn't they cross-thread in a 1-32 twist.......couldn't resist
 
Andy said:
I modified an old Lee mold to make a bullet for my Snider (0.588" groove diameter). I drilled out an old Lee Mold (I used a 9mm double mold) with a 37/64" drill (0.578"). I then tapped the mold a 5/8" (0.625") NC bottoming tap. This created sharply pointed grooves to a 0.625" depth in the mold, which translate into bullets with 0.578" grooves and a 0.625" O/D. I sized them to 0.590", which was not difficult.

The bullet had a "spiral" lube groove which held enough lube for the low pressures I employed.
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I noticed in the photo that you posted that your bullet isn't much longer than its diameter, how did it work out for you? My research indicates that short bullets work best in a Snider so I'm interested in what kind of results you got.
 
Polar_Hunter said:
I noticed in the photo that you posted that your bullet isn't much longer than its diameter, how did it work out for you? My research indicates that short bullets work best in a Snider so I'm interested in what kind of results you got.
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It worked well - no keyholing and pretty decent accuracy. Short bullets do work well in the Snider - I like the Round Ball and it's as short as they get!
 
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