Contemplating buying a bullet mould

[Pentz]

OK, here goes...
http://www.jouster.com/forums/showthread.php?21199-Accuracy-Handload-for-30-40&highlight=cast
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?18104-Krag-Loads-for-170gr-amp-200gr-Cast-Bullets&highlight=krag
Go to Swede Nelson at Night Owl Enterprises for your molds. Superior quality is worth the price. Get the 312299 or 314299. He will have it to you before you put your coffee cup down!
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.php?cPath=30&osCsid=lhua8383mi8v07pnseu35mmc31

[spentprimer]

OK, here goes...
http://www.jouster.com/forums/showthread.php?21199-Accuracy-Handload-for-30-40&highlight=cast
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?18104-Krag-Loads-for-170gr-amp-200gr-Cast-Bullets&highlight=krag
Go to Swede Nelson at Night Owl Enterprises for your molds. Superior quality is worth the price. Get the 312299 or 314299. He will have it to you before you put your coffee cup down!
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.php?cPath=30&osCsid=lhua8383mi8v07pnseu35mmc31

I ordered a 314299 from NOE and it arrived so fast I could not believe it. Very nice design and workmanship. I have not cast from it yet, but, it won't be long.

[Parashooter]

. . . That gives me hope that even my Krag with the .313 grooves might work well with the C312-185-1R GC'd boolits [sic] I have. . .

You may be overlooking the importance of fitting bullet to throat diameter. If a cast bullet doesn't fit the throat, particularly a long one like the Krag's, it can yaw before engraving off-axis on the lands. This can result in significant instability.

Please consider spelling "bullet" conventionally. The intentional misspelling always makes me a bit queasy, mostly because I worry that anti-gun zealots will use it to ridicule us as ignorant bumpkins. We don't need that.

[docbob]

I like the 314299 sized to .311. I use it in about anything .30-.31 caliber, usually with 2400 or 5744.
Just my 2 cents.

[madsenshooter]

I have many Noe molds and believe you're getting what you pay for. I had one Lee mold before getting my first Noe, that was enough.

[Eagle223usa]

Well, how did it work? I think you made the right choice on that mold. I have not touched my Lee 185-312 since I got my Lyman 314299. I got my advice from Madsenshooter and Char gar a while back and it was good advice.

[skeet1]

I have experience with the NOE 311299, Lyman 314299 and the Lee 312-185 in the .30-06. and the Lee 312-185 is one of the best bullets in my 03-A3. along with the NOE 311299. The 314299 has to big a nose diameter to work well in my rifle. That said I would think the Lee bullet would be worth a try in the Krag. Another bullet that should not be neglected would be the Lyman 311284 that was designed with the Krag in mind. :D

[gnoahhh]

I'll second that re: NOE moulds. An old Lyman/Ideal Loverin design can be depended on to work well also- if you can find one that is not out of round (and if you do find one, cherish it). Then again there is the old stand-by 311284, but only if it fits your throat and the bore riding section actually rides the bore (top of the lands). Meet those requirements and the 311284 may well be the only bullet anyone could need for the Krag.