Waht did you cast today?

[RicinYakima]

Having shot benchrest rifle for 20 plus years, frosting is just s sign that the antimony is precipitating before the tin/lead is solid. That is better than shiny bullets. FWIW

 

[462]

The frosting easily wipes off with a light finger rub, and neither the rifle nor I are concerned. As I said, if I slow down the mould rebels and spits shiny bullets. By the way, the mould is a three-cavity.

 

[MW65]

Looks familiar!! I run something like that in my k31, and several of the other 30s like it a lot... enjoy!!!

 

[Rushcreek]

I just started casting in tandem with four different two cavity Lee molds- and had to quit for the day.
I’ll hopefully pick it up tomorrow. I’m using the 225-55 Bator, C309-200R, C312-155, and the old 357-150 SWC.

 

[popper]

Cast a bunch of 142C PB with the 'hard' alloy and WD them. Then cut that alloy with pure and WD those. Testing to see which works better.

 

[Jeff H]

For the first time in almost two years, I cast up about three hundred Arsenal 358-158 RF/RDO Clones. Took me a while to get the "timing" down, as I was casting with one mould and usually cast with two. "Timing" meaning mould temp between pours.

Got interrupted six times in two hours, but have more now than I had when I started, so win-win. I'll get back on it every chance I get until I have a thousand of them and won't have to cast that bullet again for a while.

 

[462]

The four-cavity NOE 360-160 WFN, I bought from Brad, arrived and it is no longer a virgin. Took a while to get the sprue cutter bolts adjusted to what the mould likes, though. Took another while to realize the mould like to run hot, just like its NOE 311-188 FN big brother, and I tossed all of the initial session's bullets back into the pot.

The NOE on the left and an old pre-cull Lee 358-158 RF on the right. I'm thinking that the more tapered nose will be easier to chamber in the .357 Mag. Rossi 92/EMF Hartford and the .38 Special Uberti 1866. The Lee bullet requires double-clutching the lever to get the nose aligned with the chamber's squared-off ends. The NOE meplat is larger, a bonus against charging targets.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

Casting some Muzzle Loader Maxi Balls and Great Plains Bullets for my buddy.

My Pot is full of plumbers lead...

CW

Got some feed back on my cast for my buddy.
He shot the 265/44 cal Ranch dogs @ 1350 fps into wet news print @ 50 yards.

Can someone please fix pictures??? Second ask here very confusing.

The Quoted message should never get pics posted in reply thread!!

 

[Slughammer]

Got my workbench cleaned off and did some casting for the 350 Legend. First I had pistol alloy in the pot, so I cast a small batch of Saeco 954. Then I drained the pot and casted 35 cal rifle molds in tandem for several 45 minute sessions throughout the day.
Lyman 356637 pb and gc, Saeco 354, RCBS 357-180-SIL, and Lyman 35875.
Then later two different copies of the Lyman 358315, Lyman 358318 and Saeco 352.
I tried to get about 125 from each mold so I could cull and still have enough for testing.