Man oh man some of the mods sure did help, but NOTHING did it like the addition of a ladle instead of bottom pouring. You just can get the rapid heat off the bottom. The absolute worst one is out by 3 grains. My guess is that could be from me breaking the sprue to early and making some pitting. No more side vaginas, no more bubbles up rear...
If these dont print I gotta check my load cause she aint the projectile no more no how
Ohhhhh, a box of purdys....
I learned the same thing a while back. Got tired of the high reject rate when I was using the bottom pour.
Gave the ladle a try and now I don't think I'll ever go back to the bottom pour method.
I just seem to get more consistant weight and better fill out sooner with the ladle.
-Matt
Group Buys Honcho'd: C326-175-FN, 434-210-RF, C434-210-RF, 30-165-SIL-MOD, 358156-PB, 413-170-Keith, C348-225-FN, 8mm SIL, 45-230-CM, 45-270-Ohaus/SWC, Edd's 28-170-FN
Yep I'm headed to the soup kitchen. They'll have to install one of them rotatin doors at the speed I handle the ladleOriginally Posted by Dutch4122
I learned the same thing a while back. Got tired of the high reject rate when I was using the bottom pour.
Gave the ladle a try and now I don't think I'll ever go back to the bottom pour method.
I just seem to get more consistant weight and better fill out sooner with the ladle.
Take a look at the Rowell ladles at Antimony Man. They have a channel (tube) from the bottom of the ladle basin to the rim which you pour from. I've always wondered about making (welding on) a 90 degree hood on the side opposite the spout and adding a regular hole spout opposite the pouring spout on the ladle so as to be able to pick up clean lead by setting the ladle on the melt and letting it fill through the hole from beneath the surface of the melt. Should be a big help in picking up clean alloy.
We need somebody/something to keep the government (cops and bureaucrats too) HONEST (by non government oversight).
Every "freedom" (latitude) given to government is a loophole in the rule of law. Every loophole in the rule of law is another hole in our freedom. When they even obey the law that is. Too often government seems to feel itself above the law.
We forgot to take out the trash in 2012, but 2016 was a charm! YESSS!
No one believes me, no one believes me, oh my!The ladle is best.
I do that very thing with my Lyman dipper.
I just roll it to the left to put the nose under, and keep it pressed down until it fills to the edge of the 'front wall'.
While it's filling, the lead (and dipper) stays hot because it's all still in contact with the melt.
If the nose looks a little cruddy when I roll it up out of the alloy, I just wipe it with the heel of my left hand before mating it to the mould.
CM
Retired...TWICE. Now just raisin' cows and livin' on borrowed time.
No one believes me, no one believes me, oh my!
Oh hell ya I newd ya was right all along,I just had to be beet over the hed with it
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Which direction those bullets supposed to be loaded?
I think the holes in the wrong end.
Reading can provide limited education because only shooting provides YOUR answers as you tie everything together for THAT gun. The better the gun, the less you have to know / do & the more flexibility you have to achieve success.
Not true, IIRC there are quite a few of us here that prefer the dipper to the bottom drain method!No one believes me, no one believes me, oh my!
-Matt
Group Buys Honcho'd: C326-175-FN, 434-210-RF, C434-210-RF, 30-165-SIL-MOD, 358156-PB, 413-170-Keith, C348-225-FN, 8mm SIL, 45-230-CM, 45-270-Ohaus/SWC, Edd's 28-170-FN
Now you can have it both ways...a dipper with a bottom spout!
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CM
Retired...TWICE. Now just raisin' cows and livin' on borrowed time.
I dont agree Bass cause if that were the case how comw 1/2 are real accurate and 1/2 are all over the place?
I dont agree Bass cause if that were the case how comw 1/2 are real accurate and 1/2 are all over the place?
Is it cold up there yet? Are you getting a lot of fouling?
A hollow bullet under the drive portion, on either end, is easier to collapse from fouling and lose contact with the rifling compared to a solid bullet of the same hardness. I'll bet you are trying to push these too, aren't ya?
Reading can provide limited education because only shooting provides YOUR answers as you tie everything together for THAT gun. The better the gun, the less you have to know / do & the more flexibility you have to achieve success.
Is it cold up there yet? Are you getting a lot of fouling?
A hollow bullet under the drive portion, on either end, is easier to collapse from fouling and lose contact with the rifling compared to a solid bullet of the same hardness. I'll bet you are trying to push these too, aren't ya?
Well come on Bro. you know I was born to push, people and boolits. Temp dont seem to effect much. Oh maybe thats cayse of firing them from inside the den beside the wood stove. Hell my arthric bones aint sufferin outside if I dont gotta. You guys would love my rifle test area. Got a coffe pot there. The whole nine yards. Hey seriously though, she's gonna get a quick patch before loading each ball to knock the worst of the crud off...And getting back to pushing. Has a gun truley been utilized if a shoulder is not brused?
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