singleshotbuff
11-02-2006, 05:38 PM
Gentlemen,
I bought a LEE .690 round ball mold a couple of weeks ago for use in my 12ga and finally got around to casting a few today. All I can say is WOW! This is a great mold, probably the best I have ever gotten from LEE. The blocks close ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY, fillout is fantastic and there is NO SPRUE what so ever. I think this is because of their, as LEE puts it, TANGENTAL cut off. Whatever it is, as close to perfectly round RBs as I have ever seen cast. At least as round as swaged balls. I can't wait to load up a few tonight and shoot them tomorrow.
BTW I use them in a shotcup with 1 1/8oz lead shot data. They shoot good out of my Mossberg M835, with a plain smoothbore barrel. I always carry a few while out walking in the woods, for yotes and such.
SSB
I bought a LEE .690 round ball mold a couple of weeks ago for use in my 12ga and finally got around to casting a few today. All I can say is WOW! This is a great mold, probably the best I have ever gotten from LEE. The blocks close ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY, fillout is fantastic and there is NO SPRUE what so ever. I think this is because of their, as LEE puts it, TANGENTAL cut off. Whatever it is, as close to perfectly round RBs as I have ever seen cast. At least as round as swaged balls. I can't wait to load up a few tonight and shoot them tomorrow.
BTW I use them in a shotcup with 1 1/8oz lead shot data. They shoot good out of my Mossberg M835, with a plain smoothbore barrel. I always carry a few while out walking in the woods, for yotes and such.
SSB