NOE 250-27-RF

[EdinGa]

I have to size those slugs down to shoot them out of my Liberty because they won't even shoot out of it if I do chamber one, I did that one time trying one over the chrony and I had to get the gun cleaning kit to get it out of there.

I'm a little surprised at how well my Urban shot 30 grain BBTs considering how hard they were to chamber.

[Madd Hatter]

I did find the pellets I cast with my mold are more accurate than the HN 30 gr pellets in my sentry. I just wish they had a little bit bigger skirt diameter so I could shoot them out of my.25 Sumatra.

My .25 eagle claw doesn't seem to like the NOE .25 cal Magnum cast pellets. Maybe I should cast up another batch and try again since the mold lists a .258" OD on the skirts. I just haven't had much time to do any casting lately, but I should have plenty of time after thanksgiving.

That's the one I originally ordered but got sent the.25 hunter mold instead. Really wish I would've been sent the.25 hunter magnum like I ordered but figured what the hey, I'll use less air with the hunters. As I already said, the
25 hunter won't stay in the magazine of my Sumatra.😡

[EdinGa]

I did find the pellets I cast with my mold are more accurate than the HN 30 gr pellets in my sentry. I just wish they had a little bit bigger skirt diameter so I could shoot them out of my.25 Sumatra.

My .25 eagle claw doesn't seem to like the NOE .25 cal Magnum cast pellets. Maybe I should cast up another batch and try again since the mold lists a .258" OD on the skirts. I just haven't had much time to do any casting lately, but I should have plenty of time after thanksgiving.

That's the one I originally ordered but got sent the.25 hunter mold instead. Really wish I would've been sent the.25 hunter magnum like I ordered but figured what the hey, I'll use less air with the hunters. As I already said, the
25 hunter won't stay in the magazine of my Sumatra.😡

I agreed to the 27 grain hunter mold as a swap for the Magnum mold I had problems with. I'm glad I did.

[Spacebus]

Maybe I should cast up another batch and try again since the mold lists a .258" OD on the skirts.

The one I have doesn't drop anywhere near that big. If memory serves me it's more like .253.

Interesting. The current drawing for the .25 cal hunter lists .257" OD on the skirt.

I did find the pellets I cast with my mold are more accurate than the HN 30 gr pellets in my sentry. I just wish they had a little bit bigger skirt diameter so I could shoot them out of my.25 Sumatra.

My .25 eagle claw doesn't seem to like the NOE .25 cal Magnum cast pellets. Maybe I should cast up another batch and try again since the mold lists a .258" OD on the skirts. I just haven't had much time to do any casting lately, but I should have plenty of time after thanksgiving.

That's the one I originally ordered but got sent the.25 hunter mold instead. Really wish I would've been sent the.25 hunter magnum like I ordered but figured what the hey, I'll use less air with the hunters. As I already said, the
25 hunter won't stay in the magazine of my Sumatra.😡

Which hunter mold do you have? I have a four cav aluminum Magnum mold I would be interested in trading for that Hunter mold.


I also need to get more .25 cal BBTs cast up and see if my Eagle Claw likes them in more favorable shooting conditions. The last time I tried them it was quite windy and accuracy was poor.

[Madd Hatter]

Mine is a 2 cavity but can't remember which material it's made of.

It's aluminum and is set up for 29 grain pellets.

[EdinGa]

Eastwood Lime green

[Wayne52]

Lookin good Eddie !!!

[EdinGa]

Lookin good Eddie !!!

Thanks, Wayne! I might be able to see these in flight now. 

[Wayne52]

I'm getting really low on the Magnum Hunters maybe I'll cast some up this afternoon.  I need more .22 slugs as well.

[EdinGa]

These 27 grain hunters are working great for me and my lower powered guns.

[Greg_E]

I need to try these 27 again, last time I still had like a 75% reject rate with small skirts and problems filling out. Dumped all of them back in the pot waiting for another day. I have some new stuff for muzzle loaders I need to cast, so maybe next time I sit down I'll give it a try again. If it doesn't work this time, going to send it off.

I often don't get proper fill with ten pounds of lead in the pot and pressure pour, give me flashing and the mold line, but not proper sized skirts. Really frustrating and either needs to go back, or passed on to someone else. I've been using the largest pin, don't want heavier for the only 25 I have, hard enough getting the power up to 800 fps as is.

[EdinGa]

I need to try these 27 again, last time I still had like a 75% reject rate with small skirts and problems filling out. Dumped all of them back in the pot waiting for another day. I have some new stuff for muzzle loaders I need to cast, so maybe next time I sit down I'll give it a try again. If it doesn't work this time, going to send it off.

I often don't get proper fill with ten pounds of lead in the pot and pressure pour, give me flashing and the mold line, but not proper sized skirts. Really frustrating and either needs to go back, or passed on to someone else. I've been using the largest pin, don't want heavier for the only 25 I have, hard enough getting the power up to 800 fps as is.

Too much lead in the pot gives me flashing, too little doesn't fill out properly. There's a balance you have to find. To me, it isn't worth the frustration. This is the best and only way to get the most consistent results. Wayne is the master.

One other thing I've started doing is preheating the pins with a torch. That gets me perfect pellets faster.


https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=179522.0

[Greg_E]

I've been preheating the entire mold on an electric lab heater, results were better, but still not right. I'll clean it one more time, hit it with a little release compound, and try again. But probably the last time.

[EdinGa]

Get a Lyman ladle and forgot the bottom pour pot. I fought that battle myself and ended up frustrated. Wayne has it figured out and I wish I had listened sooner.

[Wayne52]

After 45 years of casting pure lead projectiles I still use a 4lb Lee lead furnace and the Lyman little dipper that I purchased in the mid 70's.  You HAVE to have good pure lead to start
with because airguns definitely work like they're supposed to when using pure lead pellets and slugs. Lead pipe is really good and I highly recommend buying pure lead pig ingots
from Rotometals, you'll never get pure lead cheaper anywhere else, don't believe what people on ebay tell you about lead because 90% of the time the lead you get from them ain't
going to be pure lead.  Shipping these days is a big deal too and last that I knew Rotometals was still shipping pig ingots freight free.  USPS delivers it too and everytime I got one
all I heard was complaints from them about the weight of the package, today I think the younger gen never really knew the meaning of work when it comes to REAL work. 

[Back_Roads]

 My last NOE order I tossed in a few of these pure lead ingots. https://noebulletmolds.com/site/shop/bullet-casting-reloading/casting-alloys/pure-lead-ingots/

[Wayne52]

James since I acquired all that lead pipe I haven't even used my last purchased split pig ingot at all, it's still in the box sealed yet and I've still got a bunch of ingots left to feed my lee furnace for the next casting.  After my last reply
in this thread I decided it's time I got some casting done so I cast up a pounds worth of the NOE 218-25-RF slugs, I only had one left in the tin but I'll probably fill it back up for the winter, just started sorting and everyone of them
so far has been right on the money, danged slugs shoot like a million dollars in my AEA .22 Challenger just the way they drop from the mold.

[Greg_E]

I bought 44 pounds of pipe and flashing from a guy on a muzzle loading forum, he checked with a pencil test and scratches to the BHN 5 or softer range. Cost was $100 including USPS shipping. I bet they complain about that box! What's nice is he melts everything to pull out the dirt, then drops it into muffin pans so you get little round ingots of just a little over a pound each. Should be here in the next day or two.

[triggertreat]

I ordered 35 pounds from Rotometals shipped via USPS.  I was more worried about my mailbox hanging tough.  It held up but I am sure the mail carrier had to leave the seat.

I have since acquired 110 pounds of pure sheet lead from an Xray room door.  I do reclaim a lot of lead from my rubber mulch bin to recast so should last a while.  The .30 and .357 do use up a lot of lead.  155 grains a pop from the .357 Slayer alone.

[EdinGa]

I ordered 35 pounds from Rotometals shipped via USPS.  I was more worried about my mailbox hanging tough.  It held up but I am sure the mail carrier had to leave the seat.

I have since acquired 110 pounds of pure sheet lead from an Xray room door.  I do reclaim a lot of lead from my rubber mulch bin to recast so should last a while.  The .30 and .357 do use up a lot of lead.  155 grains a pop from the .357 Slayer alone.

I have a mold that takes a pound of lead per 14 bullets.