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Wonder whether it´d be possible to fit the two plugs before the metal hardened. But plugs are the only solution I can come up with (the Werder bullet had a hollow base).

I purchased this mould, stated to be for the Werder 11.5x35R and can´t make out how it´s expected to work as it can be filled from the top AND the bottom. Any ideas on how it was meant to be used? Could there have been a plug for one of the two filler holes that is now missing?

Bossgun, your loaded ammunition is a pleasure to behold! I´m supposed to be able get 38 grains into my short Werder cav. carbine cases. But, even using a compression piston in my Forster press, I can only get 32 gr into the case. Accuracy seems to improve dramatically the more I compress the BP (the...

Dunno if this is any help. But accuracy with my shoprt cav. carbine increased noticeably when I added a base cavity (as per the original mil spec)

Think I´ll try Lymann´s local rep to see if they can make one the same size as my bullets (as I´ve got the carbine accurate with them).

I can recommend jumping with rounds .... still do it on commemoration jumps (this was at the Arnhem Bridge .... where I b*ggered my eye)

Shooting here in Germany, I´ve found that most people use these: http://www.waffenpflege-shop.de/vfg-filzpfropfen-laufreiniger.html. They are felt cylinders, available cut to most of the different calibres with a hole in the middle to fit a scew on attachment. They´re cheap and work really well. vfg...

OK ... I´ve understood that. So `swaging´ seems to be out of the question (although I suppose it would make a more `professional´ looking bullet). And I suspect I´d have to have a sizer made to the calibre I had my mold (mould) made to. I really am grateful for all your help! (I´m an ex-Para and thi...

So I should take a bit more time while pouring into the mold. Now it seems I don´t know the difference between `swaging´ and `sizing´ .... ? (Thought they were both the same?) If I can `size´ and grease at the same time, how can I get a sizer that´s EXACTLY the same size as my bullets? Can that be d...

Many thanks for the prompt help. I´ll weigh the next lot I make (the present batch is fully greased, and I´d have to clean it all off). Not being able to swage and grease at the same time is a bit unexpected. My mold is clean, so how can I eliminate the `scruffy look´? I use lead scrap that I get ch...

At present, I´m attempting to accurize my short Werder cavalry cabine at 100m. I cast bullets on a custom mold made to order on the basis of a cerro barrel cast. The bullets I make are NOT uniform weight. Why? Swaged bullets look a lot more precise but I don´t know how the process would work to achi...

After years of trying to register .... success at last! In the meantime, I´ve finally got my short, Bavarian carbine to shoot accurately. The first problem was to acquire brass, as it´s no longer made outside USA. Hensel, here in Germany, made me a mold on the basis of a cerro barrel casting and I u...