LAH
10-15-2010, 06:33 PM
I purchased 3 boxes of wheel weight alloy from Clint of clintsfolly fame. One box weighed 52 pounds, a second 49. I didn’t weigh the third. This morning I opened the third box & found ingots cast in angle moulds appox. 7-8” in length. I loaded the Magma pot & prepared 3 moulds, 2 Lyman 4 cavities, a 358429 & a 358156. The third mould, a 2 cavity, the RCBS 44-300-SWC.
Once the melt was 750 degrees & the moulds preheated, the casting began. Using each mould in rotation I cast the entire third box which wasn’t weighed. You can see the results in the pictures below.
The alloy is fine stuff. I didn’t flux at all, just cast at 750 using a steady pace till the ingots & sprues were all used. The 38 bullets measured .359 & the 44s were .431. All were air cooled testing 14 BHN.
It was a nice morning……………Creeker
Lyman 358156 & RCBS 44-300-SWC
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Creekerpics/Loading%20Room%20101/Bullets/Picture139.jpg
Lyman 358429
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Creekerpics/Loading%20Room%20101/Bullets/Picture138.jpg
Finished Product
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Creekerpics/Loading%20Room%20101/Bullets/Picture146.jpg
Once the melt was 750 degrees & the moulds preheated, the casting began. Using each mould in rotation I cast the entire third box which wasn’t weighed. You can see the results in the pictures below.
The alloy is fine stuff. I didn’t flux at all, just cast at 750 using a steady pace till the ingots & sprues were all used. The 38 bullets measured .359 & the 44s were .431. All were air cooled testing 14 BHN.
It was a nice morning……………Creeker
Lyman 358156 & RCBS 44-300-SWC
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Creekerpics/Loading%20Room%20101/Bullets/Picture139.jpg
Lyman 358429
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Creekerpics/Loading%20Room%20101/Bullets/Picture138.jpg
Finished Product
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Creekerpics/Loading%20Room%20101/Bullets/Picture146.jpg