I cast a small pile of 000 buckshot from a Lee Dual Cavity 360 round ball mould, instead of one of the larger 18 cavity 3 string stuck together moulds.
The actual size the Lee DC 360 cast at was .364
I also cast up a small container of NOE 360-180-WFN Boolits.
The NOE 360-180-WFN PB boolits weighed around 165 grains when cast from straight Lino, and cast at .362
I haven't weighed one of the Gas Check ones yet, after adding GC and Lube.
- Bullwolf
My new Lyman 25 is supposed to be delivered today.
Yes it did truly happen. I unboxed it and set it in position, installed handle, and plugged it in, set it to 700° and put in about 8 ingots, and some old boolits that I don't use anymore. I went into the house to take care of a personal matter and when I got back VOILA molten lead, and it was 696°. It went up to 712° and then settled down to within 4° to 6° on either side if 700°. I love it. More to come..
Decided to keep 2000 elco hp rounds loaded and stored. Cast 1000 359 120B tc boolits to use as range fodder. Planning on using this boolit from now on as the main practice round as its easier on the lead stores.
I cast a nice little pile of 457193's and 457125's. Didn't need the "little" boolits but I wanted to try tandem ladle casting. Them big boolits draw a pot down pretty fast, even ladling into single cav's. A certain steel buffalo has been on my mind for awhile, think I need to go give him a thumpin'.
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Some of my favorite recipes start out with a handful of depleted counterbalance devices.
Cast these little lovelies after breaking in a couple of new moulds and a new furnace.
Endowment Life Member NRA, Life Member TSRA, Member WACA, NRA Whittington Center, BBHC
Smokeless powder is a passing fad! -Steve Garbe
I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it. -Woodrow F. Call, Lonesome Dove
Some of my favorite recipes start out with a handful of depleted counterbalance devices.
Nice stuff.
So I have been posting my casting in the wrong room.... What a noob
Anyhow cast some 9mm/45/308
I cast a long shadow.
Gus
Cast almost 500 9mm 124gr, and 150 .380 95gr pills
I cast 111 lbs of Accurate 9mm bullets over the past two days which should be right at 6k bullets to go with the 46 lbs I cast 2 weekends ago. That puts me well north of 8k bullets for the last 2 weekends. Should last a while. .40's are next. I don't need near that many of those. Things went into overdrive when I put the dual spout on the Magma 40. It really, really sped things up.
At one with the gun.
About 20lbs of lee 452-230tc.
Cast, sized and lubed.
Got several thousand 45 cases sorted out today also.
Will try to cast a larger batch in the morning, looking for 70lbs total.
I have 2k large primers that need a new home.
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Cast with Lee 180gr single cavity 308,lee 55gr .225 double cavity mold and Lee 158gr .358 double cavity mold .50 180gr ,100.225 gr 100 .358 he boolits in just over an hour from my little Lee 10 lb pot .for some reason I can't download a photo. Any advice would be welcome thanks guys.
Cast up, powder coated, and loaded some .45 Lyman Devastator, and some Lee 155's for the 300 Blackout. Made them Zombie loads.
Cast 250 172gr Keith SWC. Lubed and sized them before loading them for my .357carbine. Cast 150 270gr .38-55 bullets and sorted by weight. Fun day. Now it's time to appease "the little woman" because it's a holiday we spend together.............so the casting and reloading room is closed for the day.
Chris
Didn't cast anything, was to busy washing these up!my first
brass molds!
"Yes or no will almost always suffice as the answer"
Returned to my 4 cavity aluminum NOE 358-135-RN with hollow point pins. Test cast about 100 in an alloy I mixed from a variety of scrap lead, foundry lead and 40/60 solder to mimic Lyman #2.
Cast about 100 good hollow point 45s and little over 100 pointy ones for the 300 BOOriginally Posted by Loudy13
Didn't cast anything, was to busy washing these up!
brass molds!
And everything you here about NOE molds is true they are amazing.... Works of art !!
"Yes or no will almost always suffice as the answer"
Nice looking boolits . What two molds are they I'm researching both calibers for casting .
Cast 100 .358silrcbs180grgc boolits 50 180gr Lee GC boolits 309 and 100lee 55gr 225 GC boolit's and I've just tumble lubed them.
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