Quarter million grains of alloy cast this afternoon.

[prs]

Just came in and have washed my hands and face. In a bread loaf pan beside me rests a quarter million grains of Lee's sort of (if you are liberal with definition) H&G 68 SWC boolits in what is real close to 1/2 of Lyman #2 alloy (95/2.5/2.5). That bread pan is heaping full now, but when empty I calibrated my canning scale to "0" with it. Now it reads 33#. (33 X 7,000) / 200 = 1,155. That won't last long. When I get a round tuit, I will powder coat and size.

prs

[BK7saum]

Ha! I cast 33# yesterday but they were 100 and 105 grain MP 314-640s. Cast about 15 lbs early and the rest in the afternoon after cutting wood. Was a little tired at the end of the day.

33 lbs is a good pile of boolits. Need to go back to casting 44s and 45s or at least heavy 38s.

Brad

[Jack Stanley]

It would have been more bullets if you had just used that "bator" mould to fill it up ;-)

Jack

[TXGunNut]

It would have been more bullets if you had just used that "bator" mould to fill it up ;-)

Jack


Yes, but he'd still be casting, not posting, lol.

[Jack Stanley]

Ain't that the truth ;-) I have about thirty seven pounds of alloy I made up that is slated to run through my four cavity 225462 . The goal is as many "good" bullets as I can get so the mission is cast , inspect , remelt , repeat . I should end up with enough for gallery loads for a couple years ahead I hope .

Jack

[rintinglen]

Somewhere, the ghost of my 23 year old self is laughing and pointing. That guy was insane--he'd cast all night, 10 pm to 6:00 AM. I can't be that guy any more.

[Jack Stanley]

Sure you can ...... you just need lots of coffee , good music and maybe a nap before you start ;-)

Jack

[bobthenailer]

Thats a good start , when you get to 250,000 bullets made check back in !