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I used the Eastwood Copper Penny. It looks more like a glaze than a solid color when I did mine. It looks like vaguely copper colored lead. If I coated them another time it may look more like a...

Found a container for powder coating powder for those of us who use the ASBB with the shake and bake method. I decided to go get some new Air Soft BBs the other day at Academy and found a brand...

That makes a huge amount of sense. I will try waiting longer to open the mold. The location of the deposits makes this theory seem likely. I’ll try and make a report back on this thread after my next...

I drop sprues into a separate pot that is added back in all at once. I don't have a shelf for the mold to rest on underneath the bottom pour Lyman pot. If the mold isn't level could that somehow be...

Is that a thing? I could see that on one mold but it's happening on several of them. Even my molds from NOE that don't let light shine through the mold faces with minimal pressure. I'll try it next...

So, I have been running into a problem with all of my aluminum molds. I am getting lead deposits on the mold face while casting. Some times they will wipe off with a dry rag when the mold is up to...

We always cut the breast meat into cubes and marinated in Italian dressing for a day or two, also adding what ever condiments were in the refrigerator at the time (soy sauce, worcestershire, and the...

Alright, update time. I don't have internet access at home so I'm sorry I haven't been able to respond to all your suggestions. I remelted and refluxed all 150# of lead that I had . The black spots...

So are we thinking resmelting the ingots and fluxing the fire out of them with saw dust? I've used some pretty dirty lead before and it always came out clean after 3x sawdust flux and hit it with...

I tried again last night. Same issues after wax fluxing. I turned up the heat up to 800 and cast as fast as I could. They got better but not where I'm used to. I think the problem is that I've tapped...

I have used sawdust in the furnace hoping that it may help to clean out any contamination that may have been in the pot. I also used sawdust when I would cast from a dutch oven and a bottom pour...

All dirty lead processing was done in a dutch over over a turkey fryer that is used only for processing dirty lead. Only what I considered "clean" lead ingots went into the furnace. I tried running...

I thought about zinc. I tested each wheel weight with a side cutter before it went into the melt. Also my melt in the pot has a mirror sheen on top, no "oatmeal" and I seem to be getting sharp...

In an effort to step up my casting game I recently upgraded from a cast iron dutch over and a turkey fryer with a bottom pour ladle to a brand new Lyman Mag 25 Digital bottom pour pot. I've had a lot...

Try taking a look at NOE's HTC molds. I got one for my 45 ACP and that is the nicest casting mold I have.

http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.php?cPath=84_461

My instrument of choice is welder's pliers. The spring open makes it easy to grab the bullets without having to apply a lot of pressure. Way better than hemostats or tweezers in my opinion.
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Agree, my favorite as well. They just seem to be slicker than any other color of powders. Plus the clear are good at avoiding the questioning glances from some of the more conservative shooters if...

I second the Lee 452-230TC design. That was the easiest casting boolit and I had many thousand rounds downrange with no problems. I've heard a lot of people have a hard time with rounds nose 45ACP...

I have the same mold. Casts fine boolits. I load mine to about 1.25" and they perform very well.

I have that mold for XDM, it works great. I seat those to about 1.160" and have no issues. The HP pins can be a bit tricky to use and it casts slower than a non HP mold. I also bought the flat...

I don't think the idea is that you have to have a grooveless bullet to coat, it's just that it was designed from the ground up to coat. I am not near good enough with my pistol to say for sure that...

I know what you mean about being worn out on the meat grinding. Last year I did 2 deer and 3 hog quarters and after 3 days I didn't want to see another grinder for awhile. This is my favorite Hot...

Just got my new mold from NOE this weekend. It is the HTC452-230 boolit mold designed for hi-tek of powder coating. No lube grooves on these bad boys. After heat cycling and preheating, the keepers...

I figured it out! The seating die body was adjusted too deep (even though I followed the instructions to the letter). As the bullet and casing were entering the seating die body they were going too...

Picture of my flare. On the left is a flared bullet sitting in the case. Right is a resized but inflated case with a bullet sitting in it for reference. I calipered the flared case and got a...