A Question/New Aluminum Accurate 4 Cavity Mold

[country gent]

On multiple cavity mpoulds I ladle pour into I tip the mould front a little lower than the back over the pot and start pouring farthest cavity away. This way any extra over a full spru runs off or into the full cavity. I normally fill the cavities and pour a full ladle of lead letting the excess run back into pot and keep spures and bases hot longer.

[DHDeal]

On multiple cavity mpoulds I ladle pour into I tip the mould front a little lower than the back over the pot and start pouring farthest cavity away. This way any extra over a full spru runs off or into the full cavity. I normally fill the cavities and pour a full ladle of lead letting the excess run back into pot and keep spures and bases hot longer.

I didn't do it that way, but I will for now on. More great information.

[country gent]

DH, my casting pot holds 130 lbs of alloy ( ussually 20-1) and when we cast its 3 of us sitting around it ladleing into moulds. ( we are older and have some issues so none of us are casting alone this way). I have always ladle cast overfilling the mould as described. When the other 2 seen my bullets and how clean they looked they started doing it that way also. I have even ground shallow troughs in my heavier sprue plates to control the over fill running off. On thiner plates I make a new one from 1/4" gage stock and cut the trough in it. My BPCR bullets are normally around 1 grn spread doing this. I cast 300-365 grn 38s 400-430grn 40s and 400-550 grn 45s. I have cast some of my PP cup based 45 that the machine marks from the insert showed in the bullet bases.

[gundownunder]

I'm with Mold Maker. A soup ladle with a 1/16 hole in the bottom works great on both my 4 cavity Accurate molds and my 4 cavity Mihec mold. The only thing I would watch out for is that the handle is a solid addition to the ladle, because if you buy one of the cheap flimsy ones and the handle falls off, it is going to hurt.
I use a cast iron dutch oven on a gas ring and that will hold about 40 lb of lead when full. It takes over 1/2 an hour to get up to temp but will then hold a very consistent temp even when I add another ingot to the mix. I preheat my mold by hanging it on the side of the pot while the pot gets up to temp and then I preheat my additional ingots by using them as a heat sink for my mold while the sprue hardens. This system has worked for me for the last 10 years and it's cheaper than electricity as a 20 lb gas bottle goes a loooong way.