RCBS Easy Melt
- Thread starter Winelover
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Load development.....
Nope. Not with a Rowell. I hold the mould vertical and pour lead with about an inch drop into the mould. My ladle also holds a heap of lead, I can fill a 6 cav 420 gr 45-70 mould in a single pour.
There are ladles and there are kiddie toys from Lyman and RCBS. Won't even discuss the Lee teaspoon, err, ladle...
There are ladles and there are kiddie toys from Lyman and RCBS. Won't even discuss the Lee teaspoon, err, ladle...
hhmmm . . . I checked Midsouth on Friday and they were out of stock, just now checked again, out of stock.
It is like pouring from a bottom pour. Except I control the flow better. I also have the excess run back into the pot so I am willing to pour longer into each cavity. I get better bases this way.
I can also use excess lead over the mould to help control mould temp but without having a mess like a bottom pour would give.
I also get the lead in fast.
It is similar but not the same.
I can also use excess lead over the mould to help control mould temp but without having a mess like a bottom pour would give.
I also get the lead in fast.
It is similar but not the same.
Let's expand on that.
Where am I going wrong?
I suppose it is largely a matter of how I hold the mould over the edge of the pot. I rest it across the blocks, not along the blocks.
Pouring off the side would reduce the chance of one cavity getting hotter than another?
Might be something to try. Maybe tomorrow as weather is gonna be for crap.
Pouring off the side would reduce the chance of one cavity getting hotter than another?
Might be something to try. Maybe tomorrow as weather is gonna be for crap.
I had looked at Midsouth yesterday and they said in stock. I filled out the order, then changed my mind. They sent me emails saying I can still check out. They send them again today, so I went ahead and got it. It still showed it was in stock today. I guess I got the last one they had. I just checked now and they are out. I should get it pretty soon since they aren't too far from me and it's coming priority mail.
358156 hp
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I have to run the excess off the front of the mould too. My pots not wide enough to run the excess off the side of anything bigger than perhaps a 4 cav. I'll be snowbound tomorrow too, so maybe I'll get a chance to 'spermint my pouring technique a little. I'm concerned about a side pour fouling the handles with the overflow, but I'm game to try.
No snow expected here but cold and windy make for a good day to stay home. May try to get a few hundred more 360160 WFN cast up for he new 357 lever action.
Need to get busy and load some ammo too. Eventually we will get shooting weather and I suppose I ought to be prepared.
Need to get busy and load some ammo too. Eventually we will get shooting weather and I suppose I ought to be prepared.
I cast with a bottom pour for many years. You just can't get the kind of stream out of as a ladle. To be more specific even if the stream is small out of a bottom pour it has more pressure along with it then a ladle. I think that is where the difference is. If you open up the stream wider then it gushes out of the cavity. When I first begin casting I used a ladle, cast with a ladle for years. I got the RCBS Pro Melt in 1980. Never had a bit of trouble with it either and it's still going.