Can anyone save me some time/steps?

[80hp]

I got interested the subject so I did a search for my earlier posts.
In 2013:
viewtopic.php?f=141&t=83177
In 2015:
viewtopic.php?f=185&t=94836&hilit=lee+230+bullet
Buy a Noe mold and save yourself a lot of trouble.
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_in ... lkkq5u8qg6
Also, buy a Noe expander plug:
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_in ... lkkq5u8qg6
It will give you the proper neck tension and bell the case mouth for .311 bullets.
M.

[threehundred]

80hp, thank you for your opinion and advice.

But, as I posted, my particular barrel is a couple thousandths under size.
I believe Harden Arms is either doing this with purpose, out of ignorance,
or, they have not upgraded their tooling to compensate for wear.

I believe an undersized bore was the culprit of a jammed bullet in my
first upper purchase from them, that resulted in the purchase of my
current upper from them, which really shoots great! So, with an undersized bore,
I don't anticipate any problems with this Lee mold.

I bought the Lee BLK mold, over the NOE mold, for a few reasons.

First, I preferED lube rings in my lead bullets in my ancient casting past
due to my use of beeswax based lubes, and was instantly turned off by
the NOE non lube ring design.

Next, I understand your problems with Lee, but, I like Lee reloading products.
I understand they may not meet the quality of other companies,
but I am willing to deal with that for their prices.

Also, I have read multiple negative caster opinions about the ogive on the NOE
mold being set too far forward, causing loading problems.

Lastly, the very few complaints about the Lee mold, such as your's,
seem to be primarily based on Lee's early production of this mold,
as you have confirmed in your posts. I am optimistic that this mold,
being of later production, will be nice to me!

With all that said,... I would like to take this opportunity to thank the
members of this forum for their fantastic amount of published info on
Powder Coated cast bullets!

As I stated above, I "preferED" (past tense) lube ringed lead bullets,
but do to the info here on this site, I did some research and have come
to the conclusion that dealing with the frustrations of creating a fine balance between alloy type, lube function and load pressure can be eliminated by using Powder Coatings. Add to that conclusion, my prerogative for pure lead bullets, and, Powder Coating cast boolits just shine with possibilities in my mind!

All who have shared their personal Powder Coating experiences here,
have helped me evolve into Bullet Casting 2017, thanks!!