I always cast frosty boolits. I like them.
I always cast frosty boolits. I like them.
The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
John Taylor - "African Rifles and Cartridges"
Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!
Frosty boolits = good mold temperature
Don't look at 'em...shoot 'em. 😁
If you rub them w/ a cotton towel they become shiny. Doesn’t take long to do this. So if the frosting really bothers you just twist them in a towel after loaded in the case.
Just remember that the temperature of the mold is controlled by the pace at which you cast much more than the temperature of the melt. Of course, the melt/pot temperature limits the mold temperature but as long as the pot is hot enough your pace is the determining factor of the mold temperature.
Sometimes life taps you on the shoulder and reminds you it's a one way street. Jim Morris
I have found that wiping lightly frosted bullet nose with a rag after it been loaded will make a high shine return to the exposed lead.
If you pickup the freshly cast bullet, right out of the mold, and
lick the frosting off you won't worry about frosting ever again!!!
your alloy is to hot
no worries though they will be fine
just turn down pot
Hit em'hard
hit em'often
Lots of personal preferences, opinions, but frosty bullets will shoot/preform just fine. I've found mold temperature for my molds and alloys determines, for the most part, if a bullets comes out "frosty". Some times I'll use the damp cloth method to cool the mold a bit, or slow down my cadence. I like to run my molds/pot to just at the edge of frosty-shiny...
I won't admit it here, but I sometimes keep a spray bottle full of water on my casting bench. A light squirt will cool the mold (closed mold, light, even spray from about 2 ft.)...
My Anchor is holding fast!
The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
John Taylor - "African Rifles and Cartridges"
Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!
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 |