Jerry Lester
11-14-2006, 11:07 PM
This afternoon when I got home from working, I decided to give it a honest try. I got my pot going, and basically just kept practicing till I started seeing some really good looking bullets coming out of that mould. After about 200-250 bullets(guessing), they were starting to come out looking as good as any I've ever seen. I started setting them aside, and ended up with at least a couple hundred before my 7 Year old daughter came in from school, and I had to quit to keep her away from my building.
I did learn though that the sprue is critical to getting really consistant flat bases on these little 95g .313" bullets. I also was a little surprised that I had to get the lead that hot to consistantly fill out the mould cavities. I ended up settling on 8 on this 10lb LEE pot.
I also learned not to accidently bump the pour handle when you've just put several fresh ingots in it![smilie=1: Of course it caused a steady stream untill the daggone thing emptied out enough to jiggle it, and get it to stop.:roll:
All in all, I'm tickled to death so far with my new found hobby!:-D
I did learn though that the sprue is critical to getting really consistant flat bases on these little 95g .313" bullets. I also was a little surprised that I had to get the lead that hot to consistantly fill out the mould cavities. I ended up settling on 8 on this 10lb LEE pot.
I also learned not to accidently bump the pour handle when you've just put several fresh ingots in it![smilie=1: Of course it caused a steady stream untill the daggone thing emptied out enough to jiggle it, and get it to stop.:roll:
All in all, I'm tickled to death so far with my new found hobby!:-D