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  1. 09-08-2017, 09:04 AM #1
    gobbles23
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    Finally a great casting session

    I'm still fairly new to casting, but always ran into one issue or another. Yesterday I started casting and started with my Lee pot at the lowest temp and casted the whole time at that. No frosted bullets and bullets just fell out of the mold. I scrapped the first see off bullets to make sure mold was up too temp, however 3-4 of them looked good. I ended up having 500 perfectly bullets and only 15 throw backs. Usually for me it is about 70/30 ratio. Now I'm out of alloyed lead. Time to smelt

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  2. 09-08-2017, 10:21 AM #2
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    Congratulations!! I'm new at this myself
    First time I made good boolits was awesome!!!
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  3. 09-08-2017, 11:15 AM #3
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    You are in trouble now. Once you start casting good bullets the addiction only gets worse. Enjoy and good luck.
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  4. 09-08-2017, 11:50 AM #4
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    Well I am also powdercoating, so I have been busy. I have only loaded about 250 rounds total, but I have about 700 bullets ready. So next week I have to set up press and hopefully make some good progress.

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  5. 09-08-2017, 01:08 PM #5
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    Remember that temp setting, as every mold could be different. Even a veteran caster has days where nothing works right. Congratulations on getting something working out for you!
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  6. 09-08-2017, 02:21 PM #6
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    OH,OH Powder coating. He has fallen down the rabbit hole with the rest of us.
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  7. 09-08-2017, 03:12 PM #7
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    Yah, what color to choose?
    PC rules!
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  8. 09-09-2017, 05:20 AM #8
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    I have eastwood semi gloss black and Kawasaki green

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  9. 09-09-2017, 07:12 AM #9
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    lightman couldn't be more right! Well done.
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check