HTC-432-263-WFN | NOE Bullet Moulds

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2017-07-06 at 00:46 #489364
tylercrowe
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I decided to pour a few bullet before heading back to the office tonight, I wanted to see what the flat point, cup point, and hollowpoint pins looked like with this new mold, so I did one of each. The mold was heat cycled four times then cleaned with acetone and a toothbrush. The mold did get way too hot, hence the frosty bullets, but I’m powdercoating them anyway so no biggie.

If I wanted to run flat points I think I’d have to tun the pin depth a little, but I think I’m going to stick to the cup points and hopefully see how they do on deer this fall

Thanks for the great mold, Al!
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2017-07-06 at 05:06 #508594
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Coated them. Shake and bake doesn’t work too well with just one bullet at a time rattling around a #5 container but I wasn’t going to break out the ESPC gun and set up the compressor for just three bullets lol
2017-07-11 at 18:58 #508595
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I’m jealous! I got my mold before you, but you beat me to the casting! I need to sit down and crank out a thousand or so of those beauties!
2017-07-25 at 15:45 #508596
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I finally got around to sitting down with this mold for a decent session and got 700 of these beauties cast up. This mold really likes to be run hot, once I get it up to 475* it starts raining perfect bullets. A little frosty, but I’m powdercoating so no big deal.
2017-07-25 at 16:04 #508597
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I cast up a pile of those too, but I went with the deeper hollow point pins. Do you prefer the cup point or are you just testing them out?
2017-07-25 at 16:26 #508598
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I’m just testing them out, more than anything. I plan to try to take a few deer with these in the fall with a pretty stout load, so I want a controlled expansion and not a fragmentation like I’m afraid a deep HP might give me. I haven’t honestly done a ton of side by side testing though.
2017-07-25 at 16:37 #508599
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ahhh, ok that makes sense. For me, I don’t mind the fragmentation as long as it makes stuff like milk jugs blow up.
2017-07-25 at 16:42 #508600
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Hahaha oh well then yes go as deep as possible and carry on lol
2017-07-25 at 16:44 #508601
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But, I have heard that the performance of the cup points is very good.
2017-07-25 at 16:50 #508602
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I’ll definitely post feedback come fall
2017-07-25 at 16:53 #508603
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I wish I could test those super deep hollowpoints on ground squirrels…
2017-07-25 at 16:57 #508604
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I mean… You can but you might have a problem with bullet recovery. Try coating them safety orange or something haha
2017-07-25 at 17:18 #508605
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I mean… You can but you might have a problem with bullet recovery. Try coating them safety orange or something haha

Ha ha, yeah, that might be a problem.
2017-07-26 at 01:40 #508606
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What kind of alloy do you prefer for an expanding hollow point? I’ve heard too much antimony makes the bullet too brittle. Would something like CWW + 2% tin be too hard?

I cast my first hollow points out of straight 20-1 but that’s just because it’s all I have. I usually alloy in some superhard for non-expanding bullets.
2017-07-27 at 14:02 #508607
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If you want the a good expanding hollow point you’ll want an alloy with at least 2% tin and no more than 3% antimony. I’d try stick-on wheelweights with 2-3% tin if you can. Also make sure your pot temp is at least 750*
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