My first boolits!!!!

[Boosted98gsx]

My rig, an RCBS Promelt Bottom Pour
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/Boosted98gsx/Guns/Casting/Boolits/20121201_165358.jpg

A fresh pour into my 250gr flat point round nose .452 mold
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/Boosted98gsx/Guns/Casting/Boolits/20121201_165441.jpg

Kicked off the sprue
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/Boosted98gsx/Guns/Casting/Boolits/20121201_165500.jpg

Opened the sprue, removed the sprue material, and opened the mold to reveal.... BOOLITS!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/Boosted98gsx/Guns/Casting/Boolits/20121201_165518.jpg

Dumped out the BOOLITS!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/Boosted98gsx/Guns/Casting/Boolits/20121201_165552.jpg


LOTS OF BOOLITS!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/Boosted98gsx/Guns/Casting/Boolits/20121201_165604.jpg

[Wolfer]

This is how it starts!

[Jal5]

the fun begins now, looking good!

[root]

Oh Just wait......
Just wait until you can't stop until you are out of lead, or something breaks.
Or worse your wearing a diaper like that NASA chick and losing wait and you don't even care.....

What you have there is a gate way drug my friend.

But 1st yo must admit you have a problem and then seek help on your own.

Don't worry the denial you are in right now is common and normal.

Please seek hep before you are consumed!

[Boosted98gsx]

I already want to get a big beefy .458 500gr mold... :evil:

That and a good .452 255gr SWC and 300gr or so DHP

[**oneshot**]

and a good ...... , but maybe a ......
Yep, started already.

Nice boolits. May I suggest a soft landing pad like a folded up towel or a towel laid out on an old chair cushion. Less dents and dings.

[Boosted98gsx]

and a good ...... , but maybe a ......
Yep, started already.

Nice boolits. May I suggest a soft landing pad like a folded up towel or a towel laid out on an old chair cushion. Less dents and dings.

What about a silicone pad, so fire is less of a worry?

[cbrick]

Lookin good Boosted98. Now that your a daddy for the first time are ya going to pass out cigars?

Here's a tip for ya, don't let that fan blow accross the surface of the melt in the pot, the air flow will radically speed up oxidation. I use a small fan on some molds but I make sure it only blows on the mold where I open & dump it, never accross the top of the pot.

Rick

[cbrick]

An old folded up towel to dump boolits on isn't a fire risk, I've been using the same one for years and not a burn mark on it.

Rick

[cbrick]

I already want to get a big beefy .458 500gr mold... :evil: That and a good .452 255gr SWC and 300gr or so DHP

hehe . . . Before you know it you'll be wondering how you get along with only these 40-50 molds.

Rick

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

Hi, my name is Jim and I'm a castaholic

[Tazman1602]

What about a silicone pad, so fire is less of a worry?

Towel won't present a fire hazard man, been using one for years and about once a year I get a new one and throw out the old.

LOL! You're screwed now! Those molds multiply like crazy!

GREAT choice on the pro melt pot, I know they're expensive but you will never be sorry and you shouldn't even need the thermometer as the temp dial actually work! Congrats!

Art

[PS Paul]

Man, nice setup. Good lookin' boolits, too......

Welcome to the forum! Lots of good folks here, and a few cantankerous ones as well (ha-ha)! Lots of comedians also, but a great deal of good info. I would suggest you NOT look at the swap n sell part of the forum lest you start spending all your "play money" and then some on molds that you MUST have. Firsthand experience here.

[runfiverun]

nice, my favorie boolit too.
the 452664.
if you pour a little more sprue you can get one big one, and hold a little more heat in the sprue plate.
it makes it easier to pick them up.

[BBGun]

Make sure your towel or cloth is damp. Then no burn marks, no fire.
You guys are right tho' 'bout the molds. I started with one for 38 special two months ago, now I have 6!!!! Got to get a bigger pot though.

Great lookin boolits!!!

[cbrick]

I don't keep my towel wet and it has no burn marks on it.

Yeah, molds. I got the dog fixed and that worked, no more dogs. Should have gotten that first mold fixed cause now there's over 70 of them. :mrgreen:

Rick

[williamwaco]

and a good ...... , but maybe a ......
Yep, started already.

Nice boolits. May I suggest a soft landing pad like a folded up towel or a towel laid out on an old chair cushion. Less dents and dings.


Ditto..

AND, It must be expendable. It will last a lifetime if you don't burn it up but your wife will boil you in your melting pot if you use one of her good towels