bullet length, weight, and stability.

[Kurt]

Arnie I owe you a cigar

[Sarge]

Bruce,
Reference your original post; Could this be the reason, from what I've read, the Original Postel seems to be consistently accurate?

[bruce m]

sarge,
a difficult question to answer, because it is now hard to pin down what the original postell was.
modern iterations are just misifications of the bullet called the paul jones creedmoor with a slightly different nose shape.
they have a paralell bore riding section that in my experience bumps into the rifling, and leaves sparkly suff behind - a bad place to start with any bullet.
in earlier days, there were those who swore by the bullet, and those who swore at it.
this is because the original design was not bore riding in the nose, having clearance to allow loading dirty.
it also started to taper away from the bore instantly, having no paralell nose section.
that nose situation allowed the nose, under less than ideal conditions, to go a little sideways, putting the bullet badly off balance.
if this happened you swore at the design.
if it did not happen, you swore by it, as the bullet shot well.
so much for the preamble.
the nose shape was not particularly pointy putting weight out from the axis, and thus more stability for is length.
if big grease grooves offer stability from drag, it had that.
those who got good results with it would use nothing else.
really just my opinion, as i have never used one.
keep safe,
bruce.

[Lumpy Grits]

I have both the PJ Creedmoor and Postell moulds, in .45 cal.
The nose is very similar on both.
The Postell's front and bottom band is a bit 'wider' than his Creedmoor.
The Postell & C'moor are within .010 in OAL.
Both shoot better, than I ever will.........
Gary

[Kenny Wasserburger]

The original ideal postell looks nothing like the Paul jones moulds or the Lyman moulds.

Only place you could get it was NEI, and he cut it at .460.

I have one mould left brand new never used the nose is a taper from the top band to the nose very similar to Brent's prolate, and distant Thunders bullet, it's .448 at the top of the driving band it was made to shoot in a semi fouled bore.

It's a cherry cut mould also. I keep thinking of sending it to BACO have it made to proper diameter, .458 and if they get the nose right in 16-1 and 520-530 grs wt be a bad ass bullet.

Kenny Wasserburger