Hey guys,
Well this morning I got up brite and early, went into the pole barn and fired up my brand new shinny Lee production pot. I cleaned my dads trusty old .45 mould, used kitchen matches and smoked the cavities and went to work: I was really surprised how much came back to me,I even found myself making the same movements I did 37 yrs ago. I’d say for the first time everything went ok,Im gonna have to recast the boolits though because my mould a Lyman, 454190 is supposed to throw a 454 boolit, but most are coming out at .4505,and the weight is between 248.6 and 250.0. I imagine the weight is OK for just shooting steel on my property, but the diameter is too small.
So I’d greatly appreciate any advice on what I could add to the alloy to make my boolits drop a little closer to .454. The lead I’m useing is cast boolits I got from a local guy, and they didn’t work in my gun. My heat setting must be OK because there’s no wrinkles, or frosting, the boolits are nice and shiny and all the edges are well defined.
Thanks Much
Paul