Posting to say thank you to everyone on the site. I have been a lurker since I started casting to feed the beasts and during the famine ended up feeding a lot of friends beasts as well. But the big assist came after I bought some bismuth rounds to take an old 16g double
duck hunting. To my surprise I out shot my friends with their 12g 3.5 inch mags. I hadn't reloaded shotgun shells since the end of lead in the late 70's. but I thought I would try to load Bismuth, then I looked at the price of bismuth shot... YIKES! But I kept checking on
bismuth shot prices until last year I heard about roto-metals (here) and dug out my Dads old mec and loaded some in vintage mark V
hulls. Wow! it was like shooting lead back in the day. But still kind of pricey. So.. if I can cast boolits , why not shot? So I read and
I researched and practiced my google-fu. Lots of u-tube vids , lots of articles, and every post here on this thread. I found a Shannon shotmaster on fleabay and bought some bulk bismuth and tin. In short, IT WORKS! Using every thing I learned from you all I had success the first time out. ten pounds of 7-8's right out of the gate. With some small changes (drippers, temp, ect.) I have 6.5's on the second try. When I can make 5's I'm there. SO.. Thank You to Everyone who posted help and advice, you made it possible to avoid the steepest part of the learning curve and achieve early success.
Happy Fourth of July. And Thanks Again, Sincerely, Grayscale