Gippeto wrote:That's cool. 8) NIce design.

Here's mine.

Not for quite the same purpose, but it'd look beastly made to fit a 2" barrel. Hmmmm

Gippeto, How did you machine the slots? Is that surfacing with a small ball endmill or a plunge cut with a square endmill?

Had a chance to machine 1 side of the mold assembly. Sorry about the clutter.

Found some time to add the sprue.

JSR, I saw that thread a while back. I did not see where it mentions him either casting or swaging the slugs with a waist. I plan on trying a 1.5" version first. I will adjust round weight by making the skirt thicker or thinner. I'd be interested to see what this would do to a soft target. Water mel...

Sharper nose, should have an even better CG upfront. .94 lb in Lead

JSR, depends on production methods. Your slug design would allow lathe turning from just about any machinable material. If made from zinc or lead, I'm thinking along the lines of a casting or a partially cast slug that is finished by swaging. I'll try a standard split die first, I think filling woul...

JSR, How would this design work? This for rifled 1.5 inch sched 40 barrels. Volume is 1.89 cu inch. It would weigh about 3/4 lb in lead. The red dot is center of gravity. The nose could be made sharper, this would move CG forward. Could be scaled up or down.

I wonder how a Minie ball style round would work?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini%C3%A9_ball