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SgtDog0311 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 385 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2014	Re: Need a little 38-55 help Reply #45 - Feb 22^nd, 2016 at 10:36am	Print Post
	Thanks John Boy. I've used some off the web before but I have not run any of those - so far for this I have only the SF off Tom's program. Don't know how it stacks up against others. Here is draft - and I know it is nothing like a scaled 375166 - just the drawing I started from. For a 14 twist the program shows a Stability Factor of 2.31. Many Thanks to Frank for helping me with a couple SW features I was overlooking. I'll also draw this with a elliptical round nose but if I decide in that direction it won't be an Accurate Mold.

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Longdistance1 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 454 Location: Amidon, ND Joined: Feb 11^th, 2013	Re: Need a little 38-55 help Reply #46 - Feb 22^nd, 2016 at 11:38am	Print Post
	How about something like this with out GC base


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SgtDog0311 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 385 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2014	Re: Need a little 38-55 help Reply #47 - Feb 22^nd, 2016 at 7:33pm	Print Post
	Interesting bullet and mold LongDistance. Since I answered the wieght and gas check question myself, can you tell me what it drops at and with what alloy. Both bands and nose diameter? Anybody else who is casting with this or the 358009 feel free to answer. Thanks!
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SgtDog0311 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 385 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2014	Re: Need a little 38-55 help Reply #48 - Feb 22^nd, 2016 at 7:41pm	Print Post
	Well, I just found and read this that answered the weight question and I see it does have a gas check. "3589 Mould/bullet Length: 1.132” Weight (as pictured): 279 grains This mould and its predecessor, the Lyman 3589 is the most sought after bullet mould by mould collectors and shooters all over the world. On E-Bay it always brings the top dollar. Many discussions have been raised on many of the Cast Bullet forums as to why Lyman hasn’t seen fit to reintroduce it again. In the mean time, many custom mould makers have turned out clones that worked very well. Mountain Moulds will make one that is very good and in the past, David Mos has also made clones. When you look at this bullet, it’s an awesome design and says “use me for big game”. The .35 Whelen pops into mind and it takes a big .35 to handle it... A 1-14 twist is the minimum it takes to stabilize this big brute for accurate shooting"...

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Longdistance1 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 454 Location: Amidon, ND Joined: Feb 11^th, 2013	Re: Need a little 38-55 help Reply #49 - Feb 22^nd, 2016 at 11:00pm	Print Post
	I bought this mold many years ago thinking to use it in a 35 Rem. 336 Marlin, and by the time I got it a friend dealt me out of the Marlin and I never got to try it. I think that it would have been too long to feed. The Marlin was a fun pickup rifle loaded with 140 gr HP pistol bullets it was instant death for jackrabbits. Longdistance1 I came up with oal @ 1.135
	« Last Edit: Feb 22^nd, 2016 at 11:23pm by Longdistance1 »

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SgtDog0311 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 385 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2014	Re: Need a little 38-55 help Reply #50 - Feb 25^th, 2016 at 11:45am	Print Post
	Hey there LongDistance. Thanks for the info. If you ever cast any with it would be very interested on those diameters. Better yet, if you ever want anyone to cast a few from it then just let me know , be glad to volunteer:-) If that bore section was somewhere just under .348 then it could be a real possibility. The bullet I sketched out leaves me with some issues on seating depth vs powder capacity, so still have some ground to cover.

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Longdistance1 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 454 Location: Amidon, ND Joined: Feb 11^th, 2013	Re: Need a little 38-55 help Reply #51 - Feb 25^th, 2016 at 12:53pm	Print Post
	I'll fire up my lead pot within the next couple of days and make up a few, and let you know what it comes out at.


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