A few days ago I got the bad news that one of my best friends in the shooting world is going to hang up his casting gloves... I don't understand it since he's only a young 87 years old and is still planning on doing some shooting.
The good news is that back 25+ years ago when my late father was still involved in casting he made up several hundred pounds of pure lead in Lyman pigs, using sheet lead of a very high quality. Dad gifted a bunch of that excellent lead to my friend, and he still has some of it left, I'm guessing 50# or more, and he's going to gift it back to me. Since I had used up most of what Dad had left me and since now I'm shooting more musket and black powder carbine competition, pure lead is at a premium around here.
"Cast your bread upon the waters..."
Froggie