How consistent are you REALY???

[MBTcustom]

The Cruise Missile ain't nuthin' but a thang......



Bottom-poured from a Lee pot and water-quenched. They come out just peachy IF you are absolutely ruthless about pour technique, timing, and temperature. They actually bend when peeling out of the cavities if your mould isn't in 100% burr-free working order.

Tim, remind me to tell you about "goat-azzes" next time you call. Best way I've found to tell that you're cutting the sprues at exactly the same time in the cooling cycle time every time.

Gear

That's solid Ian, real solid.

[geargnasher]

I'd show you how the little one shoots but someone would ban me.

Gear

[MBTcustom]

Not while you see "MOD" in my title block they won't.

[BNE]

"Tim, remind me to tell you about "goat-azzes" next time you call. Best way I've found to tell that you're cutting the sprues at exactly the same time in the cooling cycle time every time."

Gear



Gear, Please share with the rest of us....

[MBTcustom]

I took a break from the intense research and developement tonight fellers. I had offered to cast up some Lyman 358430 RN for a feller, so I plugged in the bottom pour pot, and started casting. This was always one of my favorite molds, and I jumped right to my old pace intuitively (it's been 4 years since I walked with this old friend)
Fill
3 1/2" second freeze
cut
open, tap tap
shut
5 second count
fill........
Like clockwork.
I weighed about ten of these and they were all within 1.5gr (not bad for a mold I beat the living hell out of in my ignorant youth).
Life is good. I'm much better off for all this nit picking than before.

[357maximum]

Here ya go Tim, face your fears and they shall go away:

https://www.google.com/search?q=goll...g&ved=0CCsQsAQ

[MBTcustom]

Here ya go Tim, face your fears and they shall go away:

https://www.google.com/search?q=goll...g&ved=0CCsQsAQ

You are dead to me.....

[Doc Highwall]

Don't laugh a guy I worked with looked like that.

[357maximum]

You are dead to me.....

THANKS, just bout peed myself laughing......I think he is kinda cute ....in pug puppy kinda way.

[btroj]

Dang trolls......

[popper]

OK Tim, did another batch and found 2 (out of ~150) that were 1 grain under the lowest of the rest. Obviously an outlier with a void. I will shoot these, standard load I've been using and see how they do at 100. My luck they will be right in the middle and no effect.

[Doc Highwall]

popper, it is not just the weight but the percentage that the weight represents. One grain with a 500 grain 45 caliber bullet and one grain with a 50 grain 22 caliber bullet is a big percentage difference even though they are both one grain.

[wquiles]

Great thread - thanks to all who contributed

[Geezer in NH]

.2 grains over/under 173 grains??I am not OCD nor anal. this is not needed IMHO

Maybe .5 or .6 then but ???? This is my hobby not obsession. I competed for over 15 years in ML competition 100,000 plus balls a year in 50 cal I separated for National match by .5 grains, all rejects shot in local matches and my average DID NOT CHANGE