SSDave.

This question is about bullet design and not weight.
Would you mind sharing what cartridge you shoot there out of. and the design. Looks like a NASA inspired design with a single grease g

I saw several at what I thought were weights in the 358 grain range 

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'[quote author=565641445340250 link=1717463913/0#0 date=1717463913]I'm a weight sorter.  I confess.  I know many feel like it's a waste of time, but to me it's part of the quality control of cast bullet production.

I cast 3 lots of about 100 to 125 bullets.  The first lot was with lead that had been in my lead pot for some time, and the other two were with a fresh lot of metal.  


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I weight sorted the second two lots, and got this nice bell shaped distribution, with a few light and a few heavy thrown out to the back of the sort.  I sorted out 100 match bullets, varying + - .2 grains from the mean of 358.2 grains.  In the weighing process, I discarded two visually defective bullets, one had a fin, and one had a rounded base from not quite a full fill out.


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I then set out sighters, from those that varied by .2 grains outside that range.

The remainder are set aside for practice or "desperation" ammo.

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The first lot of bullets were heavier because of different alloy.  I sorted them, again into a nice bell curve, and set aside the middle of the curve for match bulelts.  
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all the remaining bullets without visible defects get lumped together to shoot as practice ammo, or if I get desperate for bullets and don't have time to cast.

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I like the weighting process, I weigh in order cast and I can see how the weight changes from start to finish, and where I set the mold down and skim.  I preheat my mold on a hotplate to about 400 to 450 degrees, so the first bullet comes out good, no mold startup.  But, the weight bounces a few grains at first, until I get  good rhythm going.