If you call or email them tell them you need the felt for wads in a muzzleloader. Go to this web site and order some hard felt. I will give you some help on what really helps shooting conicals. I have that mold and both of the Lee 50 cal molds. That bullet would get thrown back in the pot if it was mine. The bands should be a lot sharper than that. You need to run the lead hotter to get fill out. *This particular bullet did not get a good crisp flat base but most did. 501, but have not slugged for actual groove depth. I guess my question is, is this enough groove depth to get spin, or a total waste of time to even try them? Looks like my bore is about. 005 into the grooves, but obviously the grooves are deeper than that. The bullet had only slight resistance (but still required pushing in) until the top band, which required a bit of a tap, but then slid down much easier than a sabot. I pulled the breech plugs of both rifles and ran one bullet each down and back out. They are not perfectly round, with about. Dad gave me a single cavity mold that came with a blackpowder kit gun he built decades ago, that has no markings, so I cast a few using lead pipe ingots and tin (Thanks Dusty for the tin!). Since I began casting, I thought now might be a good time to think about full bore conicals. I've always used sabots, but they are a real bear for me to load with a fouled barrel even with the Harvester crushed rib ones.The last several years I've been using the inexpensive TC Cheap Shots with Harvesters. Realistic shots for me will be 75 yards max. Black powder shooting is not really a thing I want to spend a lot of time with, but I will usually hunt once or twice a year with it. I have an older Knight Wolverine and a Remington 700ML. I don't even size these and for that matter Lee's molds usually don't require sizing and anything I shot without a gas check never went thru the sizer.Hope this is the correct place to post this question, and I tend to ask lengthy questions once I start typing.lol. I cast Lee's tumble lube 210 grain for this and shoot it without a gas check. Alas the 44 mags are gone and all's left is a Taurus 41 mag. I used to be pretty much a revolver hunter and used 44 mags with a 255 grain Kieth style cast from a custom Lee mold. I've always had better luck with cast than jacketed bullets on big game. I really enjoy casting and hunting with cast bullets in a revolver. You should be able to visually check out the top punch against the top of your newly cast bullets. You'll just have to try it out to see if it works. I gave up years ago on the Lyman lubri-sizer and went to Lee's liquid alox and there sizing/gas check seating system. I don't think you will have any problem with the gas checks, there all pretty interchangable. I've been using Lee molds for a lot of years now and really like them. Click to expand.Welcome to the forum Enders81.
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