After lurking around here over the last year or so, I finally joined up. Believe me, I have greatly benefited from the combined knowledge so freely shared! I was first exposed to casting bullets when I was around 14 years of age. My Dad and I learned at the same time and were greatly aided by a senior shooter. Of course, in those days you shot three handgun calibers--22, 38 and 45acp. We did our casting for the 38 and 45 using a set of used equipment we bought from an old timer who no longer could shoot due to health problems. Then, for me anyway, girls became a bit more important than lead casting. While I was chasing women, my Dad continued to cast and shoot. He passed away a while ago, and left me with a huge stack of casting alloy he had prepared at a foundry here in southern California. My cousin, who lives out of state, would like me to send him 300 pounds of the stuff and I know I can use the postal service flat rate box, but I understand it is wise to put the alloy in a wooden box and then place the wooden box in the postal service box. That is my problem and my question. If anyone has the time, I would sure appreciate if you could describe one of these wooden boxes. I suppose I could come up with something on my own, but I would much prefer to benefit from the knowledge of some of the experienced guys on this site. By the way, while the girls still look awfully good, I find life to be a bit more peaceful sitting at the casting/loading bench these days! I hope I placed this in the right spot on the forum.
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