Help for New Mold Honchos
So you want to Honcho a mold buy? You got somebody bapping you out a fine looking drawing for a new bullet, but you aren't sure about the tolerancing to put on it or the draft angles or the gas check shank length or how to spec the fit of the gas check? Hey, how about the metal alloy LEE will use when final tuning the mold cutting program? That all counts too.
These are some things to be worried about a bit if you are a new mold buy Honcho, especially if you haven't got the answers for them.
We have a half dozen experienced designers on the list and at least 3-4 experienced Honchos who have had to deal with LEE "oopsies" in the past. Good thing is that you can get your questions answered here.
Bad thing is we won't always agree and you will be asking the crustiest oldest members a question that we might beat up on each other a bit in answering it as these are old emotional topics for the somebodys what had to lap 100 molds to learn the lessons (or in Jump's & Lar's case had to send mold runs back to LEE and eat all the shipping costs and associated hassles).
Yeah, new Honcho -- you gotta protect yourself from LEE errors interpreting your nice new drawing ..... and you want your new mold to drop bullets better than the standard LEE stuff does too.
(iffen you are a smart new honcho, anyway)
My first lapping/105gr R.N.
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I did one with comet, (lee 2cavity 105gr R.N.) try it tonite after work. It didnt really get nose as good as the rest of bullet. I can always hit it one more time with comet. Will let ya know how lapping worked out.