No plans for anything harder than 40-1, that I need to order.
The 3 band drops 345 grain. I used the 51-345M for length and the 51-450M1 for band spacing. No surprising that it is a 345.
The 4 band is 450 grain.
Also need some NASA lube to compare to powder paint.
Respectfully said, maybe I didn't make myself clear, since many people aren't aware that cast bullets shrink and do not end up the same diameter as the mold. Pure lead shrinks the most, and if you need a specific-sized bullet (particularly important with muzzleloaders, and all the more so if they have a small amount of choke at the muzzle end), you need to create a slightly larger mold diameter. But how much?? That is that tricky question, and since you are shooting for essentially 50 caliber bullets, and apparently you are able to measure the diameter of your mold's bands and grease grooves precisely, I would be great if you could report to us the exact diameters of your pure lead and alloy bullets after perhaps a week of "shrink time". The diameter of the bands is of course the most important.
For example, if your pure lead cast bullet ends up being, say, 0.04% less diameter than the mold's diameter, that is very useful to any other at-home or shop mold maker. And if your 1:40 alloy bullets end up being, say, 0.3% less diameter than the mold, that is again very useful to others when designing their mold.
I've made one or two similar to yours, but was flying by the seat of my pants,
and I was making bullets for old time BP double rifles, where bullet being oversized can be a blessing rather than a curse.
Thanks and aloha, Ka'imiloa
