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Old 02-14-2017, 03:40 PM
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Default looking for round ball molds....update test shots

any one know where to find round ball molds looking for .600 can only find in the states and they dont ship north
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Old 02-14-2017, 05:59 PM
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Try track of the wolf they will ship Canada or Titian reloading will ship to Canada
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Old 02-14-2017, 06:22 PM
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Accurate molds I have a bullet mold from them.

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Old 02-14-2017, 07:19 PM
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20 gauge . This is just something to keep me busy. Wanted to do up some round ball loads
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Old 02-14-2017, 07:25 PM
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I have a Lee double cavity .600" mould - P.M. sent.
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Old 02-14-2017, 08:12 PM
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Let me know how this works out. Can't you just get a slug mold?
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Old 02-14-2017, 08:49 PM
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Perfer a round ball only going to be used at 40 yards 50 max
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Old 02-15-2017, 01:14 PM
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Are you patching it? You my need a bigger ball.
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Old 02-15-2017, 01:42 PM
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Yes im treating it like a muzzle loader ball and patch with cyl or imp cyl choke and different thickness lubed cotton patches
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Old 02-15-2017, 06:13 PM
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Yes im treating it like a muzzle loader ball and patch with cyl or imp cyl choke and different thickness lubed cotton patches
Why are you doing this?
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For FUN ! Why not?
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For FUN ! Why not?
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For FUN ! Why not?
I see.
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Old 02-16-2017, 06:37 PM
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Titan Reloading ships here and are very good to deal with.
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Old 02-16-2017, 10:07 PM
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A fellow AO'er sold me a lee mold that was no use to him and he even delivered it



Thanks to geriatric
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Old 02-16-2017, 11:32 PM
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Dang, that sounds like a fun project!
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Old 02-17-2017, 12:58 PM
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Are you using plastic hulls or brass?
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Old 02-17-2017, 01:31 PM
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Plastic for now got brass coming from balstic products
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Old 02-17-2017, 05:03 PM
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Plastic for now got brass coming from balstic products
If you use brass you could use a larger round ball. Make things work better
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Old 02-20-2017, 06:16 PM
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Thumbs up Update test shots.......

Update .... tried out round ball loads at 30 yards the 2 by the bull and the 1 in it are out of mod choke the rest were ic and cyl . Over the chronograph they are 1650 fps average . Used lyman 340 gr slug data gun is a 20g sxs 28in barrels
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