Maillemaker
08-11-2013, 03:36 PM
Here is the weight data for 95 Moose .580-450 bullets that I cast.
The average weight was 445.79 grains, however, as you cans see from the graph there is a distinct taper-off in weights. When I examine those bullets I see no visible voids but very noticeable wrinkles on the surface of the bullets.
These wrinkles in the past would not have been sufficient for me to reject them. But you can clearly see that there is a sharp drop off in weight - over 4 grains of weight from the main line of the group.
When I discard those weights the average becomes 446.67 grains, very close to the advertised weight of 450 grains.
Also when I discard the off-the-curve weights the difference in weights is only about 3.7 grains from the heaviest to lightest, making the bullets highly consistent in weight.
Edit: Oops, I forgot to increase the data range of the graph to pick up the high-end bullets. There was a slight up-tick on the distribution there, so I am discarding all bullets heavier than 448 grains also. When I do this, the difference from highest to lowest is less than 3 grains.
http://i.imgur.com/iPVTLw0.jpg
438.6
439.3
439.6
440.1
440.6
440.7
441.3
441.4
442.1
442.1
442.6
442.8
443.6
444.2
444.2
444.5
444.5
444.8
445
445
445.1
445.2
445.2
445.3
445.3
445.3
445.4
445.4
445.4
445.5
445.6
445.6
445.6
445.6
445.6
445.7
445.8
445.8
445.8
445.9
445.9
446
446
446.1
446.1
446.2
446.2
446.2
446.2
446.3
446.3
446.4
446.4
446.5
446.6
446.6
446.7
446.7
446.7
446.8
446.8
446.9
446.9
447
447
447.2
447.2
447.2
447.2
447.3
447.3
447.3
447.4
447.4
447.5
447.5
447.6
447.6
447.6
447.6
447.6
447.6
447.6
447.7
447.8
447.8
447.8
448.1
448.2
448.2
448.3
448.4
448.5
448.5
448.7
The average weight was 445.79 grains, however, as you cans see from the graph there is a distinct taper-off in weights. When I examine those bullets I see no visible voids but very noticeable wrinkles on the surface of the bullets.
These wrinkles in the past would not have been sufficient for me to reject them. But you can clearly see that there is a sharp drop off in weight - over 4 grains of weight from the main line of the group.
When I discard those weights the average becomes 446.67 grains, very close to the advertised weight of 450 grains.
Also when I discard the off-the-curve weights the difference in weights is only about 3.7 grains from the heaviest to lightest, making the bullets highly consistent in weight.
Edit: Oops, I forgot to increase the data range of the graph to pick up the high-end bullets. There was a slight up-tick on the distribution there, so I am discarding all bullets heavier than 448 grains also. When I do this, the difference from highest to lowest is less than 3 grains.
http://i.imgur.com/iPVTLw0.jpg
438.6
439.3
439.6
440.1
440.6
440.7
441.3
441.4
442.1
442.1
442.6
442.8
443.6
444.2
444.2
444.5
444.5
444.8
445
445
445.1
445.2
445.2
445.3
445.3
445.3
445.4
445.4
445.4
445.5
445.6
445.6
445.6
445.6
445.6
445.7
445.8
445.8
445.8
445.9
445.9
446
446
446.1
446.1
446.2
446.2
446.2
446.2
446.3
446.3
446.4
446.4
446.5
446.6
446.6
446.7
446.7
446.7
446.8
446.8
446.9
446.9
447
447
447.2
447.2
447.2
447.2
447.3
447.3
447.3
447.4
447.4
447.5
447.5
447.6
447.6
447.6
447.6
447.6
447.6
447.6
447.7
447.8
447.8
447.8
448.1
448.2
448.2
448.3
448.4
448.5
448.5
448.7