Finally got some good looking/shooting boolits for my 45-70. Lyman mold 457125. Made some with my bottom pour Lee 10lb furnace. Looked better than anything I had cast except round ball.
While out at my shooting buddy's shop I spied a side pour dipper, maybe not the correct terminology. See photo.
After using the dipper/ladle to pour some boolits I found that the good looking boolits I had used the bottom pour feature did not look as good as I thought. The ladle pour boolits were nicer.
So do I convert the 10lb lee pot to ladle only, or sell it with 3 45-70 lee molds for a small price ($50) to fund a 20lb lee standard pot?
Or do I keep experimenting to use the bottom pour to produce boolits to rival the ladle pour ones? Higher temp. with mold/lead, open up the pour spout to allow a greater lead flow, open up the sprue cutter for greater lead flow.
The 10lb pot does not have a large mouth to use the dipper with. And also I found that I run though lead pretty fast (500 gr boolits).
Your thoughts?
chuck40219