I just got an RG4 432-278 WFN last week with a deep pin, a v shaped pin and a flat. I was thinking NOE could have saved some money and only sent the v shaped pin. It sems perfect for my uses.
Now while I was taking a photo of what that HP looks like I think Im going to do a review over on cast boolits of this mold. Of 400 bullets, the little green lid are the only culls (less than 10). This is my first hollow point mold. Wow!!! Much easier than I thought. Temperature control came from multiple molds and a steady tempo.
Talked to swede about making the official drawings and the cup point pins will be included. So it will come with flat point pins, cup, and the deep pins if ordered in rg2 or rg4.
I’ve cast a few hundred with the deep pins and the flat. All said and done they weigh 267 grs. and 252 grns. I’m curious what loads everyone will be using? Is like to start with a 2400 and a Unique load for each.
Holy crap! I just had a chance to cast with mine (the deeper hollow point) as well as the .357 mag mold of similar design last night. That was the easiest casting NOE hollow point mold I have ever used. The bullets fell from the molds so much easier than the molds with traditional lube grooves. Only one or two taps with the mold mallet and they fell out perfectly. I cast up some really beautiful bullets, and didn’t have to fight them at all to pop out of the molds. Anybody else have a similar experience? I will be trying to do some load development in the upcoming weeks hopefully. But if any of you have found good loads, please share. The deeper hollow points were coming out with my alloy around 252ish gr. I still need to cast some up with no hollow points and see how they come out. For my 252 gr hollow points, I was thinking about starting out around 18 gr of 2400 or maybe 21.5 gr of 296/h110 for the heavier loads and maybe 9.5 gr Unique for a mid range load. Are you guys going to be loading these on the top end or more mid range or what?
Yep, a nice light tap, tap and out they fall. I have the HTC 452-230-RF and same thing. I do struggle getting and keeping those big molds at temp but I need a better hot plate.
I was thinking almost those exact numbers. I’m going to start out with 2400 and Unique for mid range loads. There’s almost too much info out there to sift through with those two powders. I’m not sure if I’ll go up to H110. I have a max load for the Lee 310 that I’m happy with and have a bunch of.