I have the Lee six cavity mold for the 44-40 MAV bullet. When I cast I tend to have bullets with tails. That is, the sprue cutter is not cutting across straight but tilting up. The screws are tight and the screws tend to loosen after five or six throws. That is when I get the tails.
Is this "normal", whatever that is? Is there a solution? I've thought of having a steel sprue cutter made that would be dimensionally the same, but I get the impression that the problem is in the screw/spring washer setup rather than in the cutter.
Or do I always cast with a wrench and tighten those screws every few minutes?
Wayne the Shrink