Grandpas50AE
12-31-2011, 09:43 PM
I want to thank everyone for the many casting tips I have read here. I have been casting since 1974, and getting very good bullets for many years. I have always been a little dissatisfied with the rejection rate though, and after reading many tips here about reducing the alloy temperature alittle and using a hot plate to keep the molds up to temp, decinded to apply that new-to-me technique today. I had a Lyman 4-cavity 429244 mold and a 4-cavity Lyman mould for the 45 SWC 200 gr. boolit, and ran the two moulds alternately. Very few rejects and amount produced for time of casting was better than normal. Only casted for a few hours, with refill of RCBS Pro Melt 20 lb. pot in between, and got a couple of hundred good boolits of each. The boolits were sharp-edged on the driving bands, well-defined on the lube grooves, and nice sharp bases.
Again, thanks for all the info I never had a mentor to learn from before. No matter how much I learn, I always discover there is much more left to learn, and I am glad to have found this site a few months ago.
Happy new year to all of you; be safe and God bless!
Again, thanks for all the info I never had a mentor to learn from before. No matter how much I learn, I always discover there is much more left to learn, and I am glad to have found this site a few months ago.
Happy new year to all of you; be safe and God bless!