If you lube the bullets before sizing, the grooves will not close up. I have sized 40 cal bullets down from 410 or a little bigger, to .4005 for a ML rifle, and shot 2 5-shot groups that you could cover with a quarter.
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Over size bullet
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Re: Over size bullet
if you can chamber a loaded round containing a 0.517" cast bullet, there will be no safety concern firing it if using black powder.
you do not say whether the sharps is original or replica.
the throat/transition in an original might well be different than a replica?
whatever, if you can chamber a round with that diameter bullet, a lesser diameter bullet will bump up to fill whatever space is there to fill before it starts to move.
in that case a bigger bullet will just save a lot of bumping up which can hurt accuracy.
leading could come if the nose of the bullet is similarly big.
bruce.
you do not say whether the sharps is original or replica.
the throat/transition in an original might well be different than a replica?
whatever, if you can chamber a round with that diameter bullet, a lesser diameter bullet will bump up to fill whatever space is there to fill before it starts to move.
in that case a bigger bullet will just save a lot of bumping up which can hurt accuracy.
leading could come if the nose of the bullet is similarly big.
bruce.
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Re: Over size bullet
Use the right mold #515141 Lyman and be done with it. There are more than a few guys who have original conversion guns that require a large diameter mold like that. You should be able to get all your money back and then some on it to the right guy. bobw
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