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[Bret4207]

Nothing stands up well to a 10 cavity.

You go through a lot of alloy with big moulds, but it's well worth it IMO.

 

[JustJim]

Nothing stands up well to a 10 cavity.

When I was a kid I cast for the local sheriff's office. The sheriff had a huge pot that held about 3-4 gallons. No problem keeping up with a couple of 10-cavity H&Gs. I cast a lot of 38 wadcutters with that setup.

My first lead pot was a 10# SAECO, it always seemed tiny to me. Been using an RCBS Pro Melt for 25+ years, lately looking into a Magna 40#. As always, it is a cost/benefit analysis. I'd usually rather have a new gun, but stumbling across H&G 8 or 10 cavity moulds for the pistol bullets I use most would change the equation.

Cost/benefit-wise, it might be most effective to pick up something like a Lee 20 to use as a premelter. Or get the SAECO fixed and use it as a premelter.

 

[Brad]

Get the 40# Magma and never look back. I truly love mine.

 

[358156 hp]

Somewhere on the interweb are pics of guys with two bottom pour pots, one is mounted over the other so melted alloy can be drained from the top pot into the bottom one for a quick refill. Then, the top pot gets filled back up with ingots to melt down and the cycle repeats. I don't think I'd like this for ladle casting from the bottom pot. One hot drip of lead could spoil your concentration and harsh ones focus.

 

[Bret4207]

I've got two SAECO/Lyman 10 pounders I want to set up like that. I'll still suck with a BP, but I'll have a cool set up...

 

[RBHarter]

Maybe a drip funnel pan vs a splash ......

I know the 8c 200 gr makes short work of the top 10# in a 20# pot .
The the 6 cav 255 isn't any better. Then I switch to a 22,25,26,27 cal of 62-155 gr and get tired of pouring even in a 4-5 cav before it's time to reload .