Bearded Phil
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Well, I thought I'd never do it, but when Sportsman's had Henry H012GCC's available to ship to store for $1069 ($1179 after tax out the door), I couldn't pass it up.
So now I have a .44 mag lever gun, and .44 mag is a new cartridge to me. I'll be shooting cast exclusively and casting my own.
What I want to know from the group is this:
Does anybody have any experience with these specific NOE moulds and Henry .44 mag rifles?
My concern lays in the OAL required for feeding from the lifter to the chamber without issue. I've found that for .357 Mag my wide flat nose casts need to be at 1.575" or shorter to not get caught up on the way into the chamber. Those .357 bullets have a nose length of .300" and a .280" wide meplat.
If the same holds true for feeding .44 mag, the NOE mould 432-240-WFN-CF5 with a .305" long nose and .340" meplat (meplat a tad over 78% of body diameter, close to the .357 bullets) seating to 1.575" would require brass trimmed to 1.270".
With the SC432-267-RF-Z4 the nose is .275" long and the meplat is only .312" wide, so that leaves more room for case trim length and seating depth. A case trimmed to 1.28" could be seated to 1.555" and still line up the mouth with the crimp groove.
So what do you all think? Anyone used either of these moulds in their Henry? What OAL do you seat to? If you have a similarly shaped bullet you use I'd be interested in experience with those too.
I'm sure folks will have a lot of suggestions of other manufacturer's moulds, but for the record I'm going to get an NOE mould. I like supporting Al and I think his moulds are the best around.
Oh, and course...
So now I have a .44 mag lever gun, and .44 mag is a new cartridge to me. I'll be shooting cast exclusively and casting my own.
What I want to know from the group is this:
Does anybody have any experience with these specific NOE moulds and Henry .44 mag rifles?
432-240-WFN-CF5 4 cavity PB | NOE Bullet Moulds
noebulletmolds.com
SC432-267-RF-Z4 4 Cavity PB | NOE Bullet Moulds
noebulletmolds.com
My concern lays in the OAL required for feeding from the lifter to the chamber without issue. I've found that for .357 Mag my wide flat nose casts need to be at 1.575" or shorter to not get caught up on the way into the chamber. Those .357 bullets have a nose length of .300" and a .280" wide meplat.
If the same holds true for feeding .44 mag, the NOE mould 432-240-WFN-CF5 with a .305" long nose and .340" meplat (meplat a tad over 78% of body diameter, close to the .357 bullets) seating to 1.575" would require brass trimmed to 1.270".
With the SC432-267-RF-Z4 the nose is .275" long and the meplat is only .312" wide, so that leaves more room for case trim length and seating depth. A case trimmed to 1.28" could be seated to 1.555" and still line up the mouth with the crimp groove.
So what do you all think? Anyone used either of these moulds in their Henry? What OAL do you seat to? If you have a similarly shaped bullet you use I'd be interested in experience with those too.
I'm sure folks will have a lot of suggestions of other manufacturer's moulds, but for the record I'm going to get an NOE mould. I like supporting Al and I think his moulds are the best around.
Oh, and course...