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Thread: Casting temp

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    Boolit Master
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    I too have never owned a thermometer. I cast on the hot side, and don't fiddle around a lot between pours admiring my handiwork. I gave up on making shiny boolits long ago, preferring consistant, sharp edged boolits. You are probably overthinking it, just do what works. If the edges are sharp, and weights consistant, you are good to go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Long range plinker View Post
    Thanks for all the input. Sounds to me like an I.R. Thermometer will answer a lot of questions about temperature. Anyone use them?
    They are worthless for this task. Here is a test I did a while back: https://30eca00a039f-002391.vbulleti...ermometer-test

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    Sharpe edges good bases then its at the right temp whatever that is.

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