Dpmsman
Active Member
I have recently went from owning no Hensley & Gibbs moulds to having 3. All large gang moulds. A 10 cavity #50 bevel base, #12A 10 cavity 357 swc and a 210 grain swc for the 41mag. which number I can't recall. The #50 and the 41 mag I bought from a member on a different forum and the 12A was off eBay. I have attempted to cast with each mould and so far all I have gotten is a good workout! Tonight I tried casting with the #50 and I couldn't get a good bullet to save my life! I first cleaned the mould with dawn and hot water. Then I used a heat gun to dry the mould then sprayed it with ballistol and let it soak for 4 hours. Before casting I cleaned it with brake cleaner and set it on the hot plate. The first time I cast with this mould I had to pry the boolits from the cavities. This time around I could get them to fall out but I had to really beat on the handles. So there was some improvement. I just couldn't get the boolits to fill out no matter how hot the mould got. It was taking 15sec for the sprue to harden and the bases looked great but no fill out. So is there a trick to these moulds? All I here is they rain bullets! What am I doing wrong?