I've been casting boolits for about a month. I've been pouring lead for years making fishing tackle.
My Lee .22 caliber mold is a fickle little beast. On my best session with it I'm getting about 50% usable boolits. On a bad session I don't want to talk about it.
I inspect every one of those little pills with a 10x magnifying lamp.
I'm running my pot hotter than normal to keep the mold temp up. Smoking the mold is a must. I'm still getting lots of lines and wrinkles in them little pills.
Is my experience normal or is there something I'm missing?
All my other molds are .40 and .45 and I have no problems casting those.