Sailman
09-27-2005, 10:51 PM
I thought this might be of some interest.
Tonight I was casting 308-165-SIL. I was casting with Linotype. The mold that I have takes very little pre-warming. I set the mold on the small shelf on top of the Lyman furnace while the lead is coming up to casting temperature. After fluxing I cast 4 bullets which were put in my warmers can. I set aside the next 10 bullets cast. After casting 210 more bullets, I set aside the next 16 bullets cast. This was the end of the casting session bucause I used up the lead in the furnace ( I stop when I have apx. 1 1/4 inch of lead remaining in the pot ).
The weight range of the 1st 10 bullets was 161.1-159.7= 1.4 gr.
The weight range of the last 16 bullets was 161.8-161.3= 0.5 gr
The weight range from the first cast bullets to the last cast
bullets was 161.8-159.7 = 2.1 gr.
Baised upon the above data, I would suspect that I would have a very high leavel of reliability in drawing bullets out of the glass storage jar, NOT weighing the bullets, and loading them in the brass cartridge. I realize that one can always have a cast bullet with a hidden hole etc., however, that is the chance you take.
When shooting a Military Bold Action match with a rifle, As Issued to the troops, and with 74 year old eyes, I suspect one does not have to weigh each bullet to expect reasonable results. I suspect that sometimes we get a little carried away in our loading routines.
Sailman
Tonight I was casting 308-165-SIL. I was casting with Linotype. The mold that I have takes very little pre-warming. I set the mold on the small shelf on top of the Lyman furnace while the lead is coming up to casting temperature. After fluxing I cast 4 bullets which were put in my warmers can. I set aside the next 10 bullets cast. After casting 210 more bullets, I set aside the next 16 bullets cast. This was the end of the casting session bucause I used up the lead in the furnace ( I stop when I have apx. 1 1/4 inch of lead remaining in the pot ).
The weight range of the 1st 10 bullets was 161.1-159.7= 1.4 gr.
The weight range of the last 16 bullets was 161.8-161.3= 0.5 gr
The weight range from the first cast bullets to the last cast
bullets was 161.8-159.7 = 2.1 gr.
Baised upon the above data, I would suspect that I would have a very high leavel of reliability in drawing bullets out of the glass storage jar, NOT weighing the bullets, and loading them in the brass cartridge. I realize that one can always have a cast bullet with a hidden hole etc., however, that is the chance you take.
When shooting a Military Bold Action match with a rifle, As Issued to the troops, and with 74 year old eyes, I suspect one does not have to weigh each bullet to expect reasonable results. I suspect that sometimes we get a little carried away in our loading routines.
Sailman