My experience is that bottom pour is excellent for multi-cavity boolits under 250 gn. Large boolits like 500 gn. May benefit from ladle casting. My thoughts are that you can get the lead into a large cavity faster and with some "pressure head" with a ladle than bottom pour.
Yes sir, I hadn't really gave it much thought because up until recently most of my casting was 357 magnum and 44 magnum six cavity molds, but now I am casting Hammerhead slugs and from what I am gathering here the ladle sounds like the way to go. I am not looking to cast a whole bunch of slugs real fast either so I think I will have to hunt up my old ladle and give it a go. Thanks for the info!!!
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 |