Loki610
12-09-2011, 01:22 AM
I've been lurking all day reading everything I can!
I never though of casting my own bullets until only a few weeks ago. A friend offered me a deal I couldn't refuse on a S&W 10-5 PPC custom job in .38 special, came with a Dillon progressive press, 3k once fired brass, 1000 WC and 500SWC. For $400 I think it was worth it! Since I'm at home and off work for the next couple months (broken back in work accident) I tend to sit at the reloading bench and work the press and as a consequence rapidly started running out of bullets. That was when the bug bit me! So now I have the lee precision pot and a lee 6 cavity mold for SWC tumble lube type. My first casting attempt produced a lot of bullets with wrinkles and bad bases, but from my reading here I see my problem was my mold wasn't cleaned, hot enough, sprue too cold, lead too cool, etc etc.
So thanks to all of you for the informative reading here at this forum, I hope to eventually know enough to contribute some day!
And collecting lead is a pain in the a$$ when you cant bend over or pick up more than 5 lbs at a time!
I never though of casting my own bullets until only a few weeks ago. A friend offered me a deal I couldn't refuse on a S&W 10-5 PPC custom job in .38 special, came with a Dillon progressive press, 3k once fired brass, 1000 WC and 500SWC. For $400 I think it was worth it! Since I'm at home and off work for the next couple months (broken back in work accident) I tend to sit at the reloading bench and work the press and as a consequence rapidly started running out of bullets. That was when the bug bit me! So now I have the lee precision pot and a lee 6 cavity mold for SWC tumble lube type. My first casting attempt produced a lot of bullets with wrinkles and bad bases, but from my reading here I see my problem was my mold wasn't cleaned, hot enough, sprue too cold, lead too cool, etc etc.
So thanks to all of you for the informative reading here at this forum, I hope to eventually know enough to contribute some day!
And collecting lead is a pain in the a$$ when you cant bend over or pick up more than 5 lbs at a time!