KHornet
Well-Known Member
After well over 50 years of casting, I have come to the conclusion, that all molds are female, and need to be treated appropriately. Years back I wanted shiny bullets as they dropped from the mold! Back then I cast out of an old cast iron frying pan on the kitchen stove (I have a very tolerant wife who puts up with such things). Some place along the line maybe 35-40 years ago, I read that it is best to have a bit of frosting, and sort of adopted that, and by that time I had a 10 lb. electric, and was running a bit hotter. By that time, I also learned that timing and tempo counted a great deal. But that really took a long time to sink in, and I often got in a hurry. I also learned then that not waiting until the sprue was well hardened fully that I did not get consistant bases;. Speed kills, and makes inconsistent bullets. Bullplate helped me when that came along. Way back, about all I could afford was single cav bullet molds. That's when I learned that they are all female, sensitive, different, etc., and the bigger the bullet, the more time it took between. All molds are not created equal, and there were no custom mold makers back than that I can now, at least remember. Casting has come a long way in the last 20 or 25 or so years, as this thread proves, and there has been a lot of acquired learning in that time frame. I expect that there will be developments in casting in the next few years that we can not even imagine at the present time. After well over 50 years of casting, I still have a lot to learn (And not just about casting).