Got a new mould from NOE awhile back, just now getting around to casting w/it. Started the ProMelt up & the hot plate for the mould. Started casting about 40-50 bullets bringing the mould up to temp & since it was a new mold just seeing how it acted/reacted. It dropped good shootable boolits right from the start so I just kept going. I had a lyman ladle laying by the pot because I have a 45/70 mould that just refuses to produce a good boolit unless I use a ladle. An idea popped into my head to see how the NOE would do w/a ladle. It's a little slower than the bottom pour but it produces a prettier boolit. Question is why? Same alloy, same temp, about 675, only difference is ladle vs bottom pour. I haven't measured them or weighed them to see if there's a difference there. They'll probably shoot the same through the Ruger & the target will never know the difference, if I'm lucky enough to hit it..lol