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Thread: 4-20 lead pot doesn't hold 20lbs

  1. 12-11-2020, 07:23 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by kevin c View Post
    Action pistol uses a lot of rounds; 20-30K a year in practice and matches is typical. Needing lotsa boolits, I cast what I need for a few months in marathon sessions over a week so that forty pounds would only be about 2K of the 10K planned. So it's more a matter of have to than want to.

    Anyway, with an 8 cavity aluminum MP mold and efficient technique I can empty the pots in a bit more than two hours so it's not too bad.
    Man I wish I got to shoot as much as you! 16 years shooting USPSA and I don't think I've ever shot that much. Too many hobbies I guess. I don't mind the time casting though; it's therapeutic.
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  2. 12-11-2020, 08:08 PM #22
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    To much time on your hands to measure a pot full of molten lead!
    Different mixes weight in at different weights!
    Cast an enjoy! My 2 cents.
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  3. 12-12-2020, 03:34 AM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by downzero View Post
    Man I wish I got to shoot as much as you! 16 years shooting USPSA and I don't think I've ever shot that much. Too many hobbies I guess. I don't mind the time casting though; it's therapeutic.
    It's true that USPSA is mostly what I do as a hobby. It also helps that my club is possibly the largest and most active in the state, within easy driving distance, is privately owned with a dedicated Action shooting range that club range officers have access to seven days a week, and has one or another action shooting match almost every weekend.

    I probably shoot less than most of the really good members.

    I enjoy the casting too: the Zen of pouring lead...

    The Zen of thread drifting - my apologies.
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  4. 12-12-2020, 09:13 AM #24
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    Eh , lee say it will hold 20lbs, the math says it should. Does not mean 20lbs is a good working level. Now what the does the 4 mean
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    Sure it will hold 20 lbs of lead,..... just not all at once.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mac1911 View Post
    Eh , lee say it will hold 20lbs, the math says it should. Does not mean 20lbs is a good working level. Now what the does the 4 mean
    the 4 indicates 4" of clearance below the pot for bottom pouring into molds.
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  7. 12-15-2020, 07:56 PM #27
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    I think 4-20 means 4-20 drips per minute
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  8. 12-15-2020, 08:44 PM #28
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    I think you're right
    The 3 people a man must be able to trust completely are his gunsmith his doctor & his preacher ..,his gunsmith for his short term health ,his doctor for long term health ,and his preacher incase one of the others mess up.
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  9. 12-23-2020, 12:31 PM #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by rockrat View Post
    I think 4-20 means 4-20 drips per minute
    Funny my ladle rarely drips, what are these drips you speak of?
    Scrap.... because all the really pithy and emphatic four letter words were taken and we had to describe this source of casting material somehow so we added an "S" to what non casters and wives call what we collect.

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