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supv26
03-17-2013, 08:30 PM
I think they turned out pretty good!!!!! This is with a Lee C309-16-R.
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Ain't them perdy!!! :-D

Beagle333
03-17-2013, 08:32 PM
Yep, them's really purdy!!!!:D Good job!

Shiloh
03-17-2013, 08:35 PM
Ugly. Send them to and I'll dispose of them for you.:kidding:
Isn't it great when it all comes together?? At least it was for me. Took many tries to get boolits that look like those that you did the first time.
Good for you.

Shiloh

Wayne Smith
03-17-2013, 08:49 PM
From my experience, even today, I assume those are carefully chosen! None of them came from the cold mold at the beginning.

Very nice, especially for the first effort.

supv26
03-17-2013, 09:47 PM
From my experience, even today, I assume those are carefully chosen! None of them came from the cold mold at the beginning.

Very nice, especially for the first effort.

Actually it is a brand new mold! These are the first ones I did and the first ones for this mold too!
I warm my molds before I start casting. I'll lay them on top of the pot while the lead is melting and then I touch it to the molten lead. I'll then only have to make 2 or 3 pours before the mold is ready.

runfiverun
03-17-2013, 10:02 PM
I was gonna say I doubt this is sup's first go round with a mold.
he has been here for quite a while.

JeffinNZ
03-18-2013, 04:56 AM
Nup. Can't be your first. Too perfect looking..... :-)

HighHook
03-18-2013, 05:10 AM
Yep, not to shabby.... Ya did good!

captaint
03-18-2013, 07:35 AM
Heck, I'd load them and shoot them, too !! Mike

Charlie Two Tracks
03-18-2013, 07:51 AM
They look great! This will be a good example for someone who is just getting started. New mold and look at the results.

44man
03-18-2013, 08:05 AM
They sure look good and I know you have the bug by stacking them so pretty for a picture! ;-)

dverna
03-18-2013, 08:40 AM
I was gonna say I doubt this is sup's first go round with a mold.
he has been here for quite a while.

Well r5r, I must agree - but these could be his first RIFLE bullets after casting 1000's of pistol bullets and learning the art.

Still damn fine looking bullets!!!

Now shoot them and see how they group. Good luck

FLHTC
03-18-2013, 08:56 AM
Good looking stuff, regardless of how much experience you have.

LAH
03-18-2013, 09:21 AM
Very nice castings for sure.

supv26
03-18-2013, 08:51 PM
Oh yes guys, I've been casting pistol boolits for a few years now, I just have never cast rifle boolits. I was really surprised how these turned out too. And yes, I did set them all up nice and perdy just for the picture!!

DrCaveman
03-18-2013, 09:11 PM
Those look great. I can't see any seams and the corners all seem pretty sharp. How is their diameter? Curious because of a 'frosted boolit' thread that was going on recently.

Care to share your mold prep method, as whatever it is seems to have worked!

Is this the new style lee mold (with alignment pins) or old style with fins at either end and rods below the cavity?

Nice job! Bet it'll be even more fun when a five shot group goes into the same ragged hole.

Hyphenated
03-18-2013, 09:22 PM
Wow...all those straight lines of shiny boolits. That gets my OCD kicked into high gear. 8-)

Great Job

supv26
03-18-2013, 09:43 PM
Those look great. I can't see any seams and the corners all seem pretty sharp. How is their diameter? Curious because of a 'frosted boolit' thread that was going on recently.

Care to share your mold prep method, as whatever it is seems to have worked!

Is this the new style lee mold (with alignment pins) or old style with fins at either end and rods below the cavity?

Nice job! Bet it'll be even more fun when a five shot group goes into the same ragged hole.

This is the new Lee C309-160-R and it's throwing boolits right on the money!! .309" measured with my dial calipers. I weighed a handful of them and they came in around 160 rains, 159.8 to 160.2 grain with a few of my samples. This mold has the alignment pins too. I got in several of the new molds with the alignment pins and they throw boolits without any seams!! My older molds seem to throw boolits with seams quite a bit.

Prepping this mold went like this: I took it out of the box and grabbed a handful of Q-Tips. I soaked them with Brake Cleaner and scrubbed the mold cavities and entire aluminum block. I then smoked it with a Bic lighter and set it on top of the melter. When the lead melted I stuck the corner into the melt for about 45 seconds. I then poured 2 or 3 molds to help heat it up. I then started casting. I wait until the sprue hardens and them tap the sprue cutter with a gavel and drop the boolits onto a soft towel. I then scoop them up with a spoon and drop them in ice cold water. I cannot go too fast or the mold gets too hot and the boolits start to frost. I just watch the boolits as they come out to see what they look like to pace my casting.

This is the same way I do my pistol boolits also.

Kull
03-19-2013, 12:13 AM
Very pretty.

In that first pic the gap between the two on the left is less than the others. :kidding:

supv26
03-19-2013, 05:23 AM
Very pretty.

In that first pic the gap between the two on the left is less than the others. :kidding:

Oh shoot!!!!!!! Now I've got to do that photo shoot ALL over again!!! :Luvcastboolits:

Chilmonty
03-19-2013, 07:43 PM
Beautiful little platoon of shiny soldiers you got there!!
Well done SUP!! :drinks:

Blammer
03-19-2013, 07:59 PM
yep, you can always tell a rookie by the way he lines up the boolits for a photo.

old hands just take a picture of the pile. :)

btw, they look good.