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Ben
03-09-2009, 07:04 PM
80 degrees here with blue sky, a great day to get outside and cast.

I cast several hundred Lyman 3111466's today. It is one of my favorite light weight .30 cal. cast bullets.

My mold cast .3115 on the bands and .3025 on first " nose band ". Gas checks are a good snug fit on the shank. With my AC WW alloy, these " numbers " for me are just about perfect.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/haysb/PICT0003-13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/haysb/PICT0004-10.jpg
Gunslinger
03-09-2009, 07:19 PM
Awwww these picture threads are so amazing. Clean cast boolits are just a piece of art. I look forward to self contributing with a respectable one.

Nice slugs Ben :castmine:
Ben
03-09-2009, 08:58 PM
Gunslinger :

Jump right in and share with all of us !

Thanks,
Ben
madcaster
03-09-2009, 10:03 PM
Nice work Ben,just like you woodwork!:lovebooli
leadman
03-10-2009, 12:51 AM
It was a good day for you. I have a similar mold for the 8 mm that shoots pretty good.
Do you seat this with exposed lube?
Kawfeegod
03-10-2009, 01:25 AM
I was hoping to get out and do some casting, but we got another couple inches of snow and temps are down around zero. No casting for me. I just have to live vicariously through you guys at the moment. Nice looking boolits.
Ben
03-10-2009, 01:42 AM
leadman :

More often than not, Yes, exposed lube rings will be out of the case in an effort to make contact with the rifling.

Doesn't seem to affect accuracy, seating them " out " in this manner .

I've shot some pretty impressive groups with this bullet in a variety of .30 cal. rifles.

Ben
snuffy
03-10-2009, 02:31 AM
Good thing I do my casting indoors, I'd never get any boolit making done IF I had to do it outside!:castmine:

We got another 8" of snow yesterday, it's raining now. Casting weather here in WI. would add up to maybe 20 days a yr.!
qajaq59
03-10-2009, 06:20 AM
Good thing I do my casting indoors, I'd never get any boolit making done IF I had to do it outside!:castmine:

We got another 8" of snow yesterday, it's raining now. Casting weather here in WI. would add up to maybe 20 days a yr.! Brrrrr!!!!!!! Now I remember why we retired in Florida. :bigsmyl2:
snaggdit
03-10-2009, 06:56 AM
Awww, it ain't that bad up here. I was on the road yesterday and saw 51 on a bank marquee. Snow predicted today through tommorow, though.
Bret4207
03-10-2009, 07:24 AM
"80 degrees and blue sky..." Nah, nah, nah. Jeeze Ben, have a little mercy on us Nawtheners that are still suffering through the latest couple inches of "partly cloudy"! Next thing he'll be telling us about the terrible sunburn he got at the barbecue while we're still waiting for mud season to arrive!
Ben
03-10-2009, 08:49 PM
I'm probably as far north as I'll ever be.

Ben
Gunslinger
03-11-2009, 02:22 PM
Divided out over the whole year it rains every third day in this country. When it dosen't rain it's always very windy. For 7 months it's usually around 40 degrees. On good years we get 30-40 days of sun.... awwww everything is just so terrible.....

:violin:
putteral
03-11-2009, 03:56 PM
86 degrees and sunny, no humidity here yet on the nature coast of Florida. Great casting weather and better shooting weather.
Ben your still a Northener to me.
:drinks:
FISH4BUGS
03-11-2009, 04:02 PM
....it was about 40 degrees with a west wind. That allows me to smelt without issues with wind.
While you were casting, I was smelting. Got 2 buckets 'o ww's done into about 1.5 5 gal buckets of ingots.
Finally got a thermometer. I figured out how to hold it at about 650, and the speed with which to add more ww's. Too much, and it turns to slush. Too little and there is no productivity.
Nice casting job, there. Any day casting is a good day. Now I have another 2000 lbs of ww's to smelt. I also have about 3000 358156's to size and lube.
Never ending job.
putteral
03-11-2009, 04:27 PM
I'm jealous. I wish I had 2000lbs on hand.
Nice casting Ben. They sure look pretty.
:cbpour: