I decided that as long as the weather was crap I might as well cast up some collar buttons.
I have a Lee 6 cav from a long ago group buy. It can be a bear to cast with as the bases like to round off. Mould heat is an issue. Bottom pour didn't cut it but with a ladle it is easy to cast hot enough that I need to slow down a bit.
I made a new die for the Star with a single row of holes. I don't want to add shot to holes in my existing .460 die as I would need to remove it to size my 420gr bullets.
Notice the huge lube groove. In the past I lubed these on my Lyman 450. Needed to crank the handle on each bullet to get lube groove filled. No chance of "running out" of lube, is there?
I see loads of Unique being useful. Maybe start around 10 gr and see what I get. I could see 6-8 gr of Bullseye working well too.
I have a Lee 6 cav from a long ago group buy. It can be a bear to cast with as the bases like to round off. Mould heat is an issue. Bottom pour didn't cut it but with a ladle it is easy to cast hot enough that I need to slow down a bit.
I made a new die for the Star with a single row of holes. I don't want to add shot to holes in my existing .460 die as I would need to remove it to size my 420gr bullets.
Notice the huge lube groove. In the past I lubed these on my Lyman 450. Needed to crank the handle on each bullet to get lube groove filled. No chance of "running out" of lube, is there?
I see loads of Unique being useful. Maybe start around 10 gr and see what I get. I could see 6-8 gr of Bullseye working well too.