Waht did you cast today?
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Yep, found that out the hard way. I removed the tape and will either live with a hot mould finding one of three holes and suffer the burns or buy a new pair of gloves, one.
I fiddled with the mould's sprue cutter and it's behaving much better.
I had its bullets falling out upon opening confused with the Lee 452-255 RF. The 454190 has square lube grooves and to get the bullet to release requires a rubber mallet love tap on the handles' hinge bolt.
The mould was aluminum and the gobbers wiped off with a rag, except for a spot I missed and it may be permanently gobbered.
CWLONGSHOT
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I cast some MP 358-93's Some LEE 356-147's and some custom SST-45-200RF slick sidere
These Darn Lee 147's are STILL imperfect. Three cycles initial. Super heated during last cast. Then cycled AGAIN mid week last. Grr. Bullets are useful just fugly sag occasionally from all cav but not regularly its as if I have new contaminants.
Icing knee and Ill go Powder coat. Rainy day here.
CW
These Darn Lee 147's are STILL imperfect. Three cycles initial. Super heated during last cast. Then cycled AGAIN mid week last. Grr. Bullets are useful just fugly sag occasionally from all cav but not regularly its as if I have new contaminants.
Icing knee and Ill go Powder coat. Rainy day here.
CW
Ian
Notorious member
Sadly so.
Those look good to me too, only tip I can offer from the slight irregularities in base edge sharpness from one to another is pour a bigger sprue puddle to keep the sprue plate really hot. Sharp edges take more heat/more metal on top of the plate, i.e. link all the sprues together and then run the mould back under the stream again to lay down another coat of lead. Like Rick says, think of pouring metal as pouring HEAT. I can also say from experience that by the time those are powder coated and sized the bases are all gonna look and shoot the same.
Those look good to me too, only tip I can offer from the slight irregularities in base edge sharpness from one to another is pour a bigger sprue puddle to keep the sprue plate really hot. Sharp edges take more heat/more metal on top of the plate, i.e. link all the sprues together and then run the mould back under the stream again to lay down another coat of lead. Like Rick says, think of pouring metal as pouring HEAT. I can also say from experience that by the time those are powder coated and sized the bases are all gonna look and shoot the same.
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Didn't he sell post holes, too?I think there is a guy over on the other site selling lube grooves.
And that's the shame of it all. On a positive note, though, if my posts have been wiped I'm glad.
fiver
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i'd really like to go back and read some of mine.
i had Littlegirl along with me for 3 days of shooting in the wind.
there was pictures and wind values.
we also done a good write up on the 7.65 Argie using 3 different barrel lengths over the chronograph showing the drops over 50-100-200-300 yds.
lost a bunch of info over to another site too it mostly dealt with buck shot, and load workups with various powders, velocities, chokes, and wads.
i also had a good explanation of bullet design, jump, powder speeds, and alloy relationships that i worked on for well over 2 years.
i had Littlegirl along with me for 3 days of shooting in the wind.
there was pictures and wind values.
we also done a good write up on the 7.65 Argie using 3 different barrel lengths over the chronograph showing the drops over 50-100-200-300 yds.
lost a bunch of info over to another site too it mostly dealt with buck shot, and load workups with various powders, velocities, chokes, and wads.
i also had a good explanation of bullet design, jump, powder speeds, and alloy relationships that i worked on for well over 2 years.
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
My two are gone, now, but that would have been an informative read.
CWLONGSHOT
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glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
You and them darn shiny bullets CW!
I love it!!
I love it!!
Mitty38
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Fired up the Lee pot to cast 24 bullets. Was going to load 148 grain SWC's in low node .38 special. Had 200 primers and brass ready for my recipe. But Just 24 short of two hundred bullets.
Just could not bear a partial box of ammo, or putting a partial box of primers back in the cabinet.
Just could not bear a partial box of ammo, or putting a partial box of primers back in the cabinet.
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CWLONGSHOT
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Pots warming.
Needing some 30 XCM bullets as well as some 311440's and Accurate Ranch Dog copy 170's for a friend.
CW
Needing some 30 XCM bullets as well as some 311440's and Accurate Ranch Dog copy 170's for a friend.
CW
