How Many Boolits Cast in June?

[bowfin]

Provisional Final Total: 83,878!!!


Suffering slightly (a lot) from Obsessive-Compulsive behavior, I like lists and like to count things. So let's try this, for those interested:

During the month of June, this thread will keep track of how many boolits the posters of the thread actually cast. Don't count the rejects that go back into the pot.

This will give us three weeks of conjecture on what the total might be, and ideas on what to track, such as (maybe) calibers, for which cartridges, maybe even total weight of booltis cast.

All ideas welcome.

[dragonrider]

Well it certainly should be broken down into calibers. Rifle, Pistol, Revolver.
Don't know if I will have much to report in June because that is a busy month for gardening and other outside work around here before it gets too hot. This may be a better thing to do in a winter month like January. Although I cast all year round I do cast more in the winter, not much elso to do except cuddle up with the coal stove.

[bowfin]

Well, the best part of this is that once we have a benchmark month, we can run it again some other month.

I myself would rather smelt (yep, I said smelt) in the summer outside and then cast inside during the winter.

[ku4hx]

I like the idea since I tend to be a bit on the OCD side of the coin, but from now until about November, my monthly casting count will be zero. It's already getting in the low to mid 90s here in the sunny South and it's just too hot to stand in front of a pot of molten alloy when outside temps are pushing 100F and garage temps will be significantly higher.

But come November - February I'll do my usual cool weather casting to support our shooting habits for the Winter and the coming Summer months. I just don't cast on a monthly basis because of the heat, but rather opt for a seasonal routine.

[6.5 mike]

Are you interested in certain calibers, or just general casting across the board ?

[bowfin]

Are you interested in certain calibers, or just general casting across the board?

Let's say caliber and weight.

Let's also say that the hardcore casters can give an honest estimate if they don't count each and every individual boolit they cast. No one should spend an hour counting that could be put to more profitable use.

[41mag]

Let's say caliber and weight.

Let's also say that the hardcore casters can give an honest estimate if they don't count each and every individual boolit they cast. No one should spend an hour counting that could be put to more profitable use.

Can the weight also be the amount the total boolits per caliber weigh?

Here lately I have simply been pouring up a full Lee 4-20 pot or two full, through different molds getting ready to work up and load up this falls hunting rounds.

If you had posted this for April I would be close to 150# worth already.

[boltons75]

Hmm, I have a 2 week layoff in June, so when I'm not out riding the chopper, I'll most likely be casting a bunch for the .380 and 40. Unless the honey do list grows more tasks.

Always carry, never tell.

[bowfin]

Can the weight also be the amount the total boolits per caliber weigh?

I don't see why not.

[plainsman456]

I have been learning how to cast with one of Mihic's molds,the brass 4 cavity and it's heavy.
After figuring the heat thing out with this sucker I have done 700 hollow points so far.
Hope to get some 30 and 314 done in the coming days.

[runfiverun]

if i cast anything it will be some 30 cal boolits [the bucket is at almost half] and maybe some 45-70 boolits if i get to them.
more than likely it'll be some cores for swaging that'll be cast.
i need to get the last of my ww's ingoted, and some alloy mixed up.
now, nov-march,then there'll be some casting going on.

[Utah Shooter]

Well I just got some lead and am looking at jumping into this hobby for the first time. I have enough to do 14000 9mm projectiles. Hope I have the time to do them all.

[bobthenailer]

I cant help you with figures for the mounth of June as i only cast bullets in Febuary when your stuck in the house! in the month of Febuary i usually cast /lube & size at least 10,000 bullets. this past Febuary i did 20,286 counted by weight.

[captaint]

I'd be fine with June. I do all my casting and smelting outside - so, I don't mind the heat. My ProMelt likes to freeze up at the spout if it's the least bit cold and I take even a short break. 80's work real well for me. enjoy Mike

[1bluehorse]

It was 30 degrees this morning at 6:30 when I went out to the barn and let the horses out, so casting in the heat isn't a problem around here, YET..last month I did probably 3-400 158gr RNFP .358's and around 500 .454's. Who knows about next month?? Boltons will be riding his chopper when it warms up, I'll be riding the tractor...that doesn't seem quite fair to me..besides I never count how many bullets I cast, I just go until I don't want to do anymore and quit. [smilie=p:

[boltons75]

It was 30 degrees this morning at 6:30 when I went out to the barn and let the horses out, so casting in the heat isn't a problem around here, YET..last month I did probably 3-400 158gr RNFP .358's and around 500 .454's. Who knows about next month?? Boltons will be riding his chopper when it warms up, I'll be riding the tractor...that doesn't seem quite fair to me..besides I never count how many bullets I cast, I just go until I don't want to do anymore and quit. [smilie=p:

I grew up spending my summer's at my grandpa's farm. It's where I got my mechanical know how from, and my work ethic. Anyway, I'm in Michigan, it's not guaranteed to be warm in June. I do miss the days of driving the old john deeres around the farm though.

Always carry, never tell.

[375RUGER]

Maybe I'll have something to report. This week I've been going around gathering lead from all the "illegal" shooting spots near the house. I'll be doing some .358 and .434

[LabGuy]

I hope to have all my casting done for the season by June first. It’s already getting warm out there.

[1bluehorse]

I grew up spending my summer's at my grandpa's farm. It's where I got my mechanical know how from, and my work ethic. Anyway, I'm in Michigan, it's not guaranteed to be warm in June. I do miss the days of driving the old john deeres around the farm though.

Always carry, never tell.

If you lived a little closer I would help you relive some of those days of yesteryear :bigsmyl2:

[bowfin]

I think we can do a second one of these during a winter month, just to compare the two.

[bowfin]

Any guesses on how many?

[cf_coder]

By June it'll be hot enough out here in Phoenix, AZ to cast boolits without the need of a heat source. Just leave the lead in a pot on the sidewalk and you'll be casting in minutes. :D

I've been finishing up my last minute casting this week... still have a few .44 mag to put together then I'm done till at least October.

[Littlewolf]

i'm good with any month between the wednesday of the second full week in february till the wednesday of the second full week in november. the rest will be spent finding fur, besides i cast outside and in the winter it's real hard to get the pot hot enough to pour.

i figured it up though i can cast 250ish (#225450) keepers in one hour, but i'll break it down by caliber and cartridge or front stuffer

[boltons75]

Just alloyed up a couple hundred pounds of ignots, and have two real nice 4 bangers ready to cast.....

Shawn, Flint Mi.

[bowfin]

Less than 72 hours until blastoff...

I am going to guess that we have a total that slightly exceeds 20,000...

...seriously, I have no clue.

[WVHunter129]

I am new to casting, only been doing it now for 3 months and probably already have about 3,000 to 4,000 bullets casted in various caliber. I have been doing .309, .358, .356 and .452 so far and plan on doing .401 here by mid June. This sounds like it could be fun. I do all my smelting and casting outside, especially since I live in a mobile home and getting good ventilation during casting process would be difficult. The only issue I have is that if it rains...well no casting since everything is setup without a roof overhead.

[pastor]

i cast 180 pounds into ingots yesterday and last night cast 750 45acp 230grn so i will be casting up the rest of the lead in june

[blikseme300]

June is way to hot here in deep south Texas for casting. Typically 100* weather already. This month I finished my yearly cast. I don't have boolit counts but I have decreased my ingot supply by almost 300 pounds. Boolits are all pistol in 9mm, 357, 40S&W & 45acp.

Next I will be lubing indoors with the AC running.

Bliksem

[500MAG]

After reading Bobthenailers count, I'm out. I live in South Florida. If I casted over 20,000 boolits in a month you would find me melted in my garage. I casted only about 200- 45 calibers tonite and I sweated out about a gallon.

[jonk]

I have far better things to do than count how many bullets I cast, like cast, lube, and shoot them. I'd guess it will be in the mid hundreds.

[Shiloh]

Well, I cast about 400 in May. That'll go up in June.

[bowfin]

I have some .32 HBWC to cast, and then some pointy .135 grain .357s to cast, then it is on to some .41 Keiths, and then probably some .32 115 grain boolits for .32 H&R and .32-20.

It seems we have two definite classes of outside casters: Those who don't cast in the summer because it is too hot, and those that have to wait until summer when it warms up.

We'll see which group is most prodigous...

[dragonrider]

I have three molds I have not cast with yet, just waiting for June so I will have something to add to the total.

[badgeredd]

June is a shootin' month for me. I rarely cast anymore than I need to get ammo loaded in June. I try to get my casting done by the end of April cause I know there are a lot of things I can do in the summer that I can't do the rest of the year. The second weekend in June I'll be shooting up a lot of the casting sessions proceeds from January.

Edd

[bowfin]

The Lee pot is warming up now as we speak...

I guess I will draw first blood.

[monge]

I live in northeast NY the mornings are pretty cool ,I like to cast a few hundred boolits at a time in the morning before the wife and kids get up thats my weekly routine. I do all my heavy smelting of wheel weights and raw lead in the winter so the summer casting is less smokey . Works for me

[Shiloh]

June is a shootin' month for me.


Me too.

This is why I am casting early.
I cast a pot full of 125 gr RNFP this afternoon. Probably 600+ pieces.

Shiloh

[bowfin]

526 .32 Hollow Base Wadcutters

[bowfin]

Next on the list: Back to the .360" Midweight pointy boolit mold by NOE.

[Shiloh]

I think we can do a second one of these during a winter month, just to compare the two.

Great Idea.
I cast in the garage. In the dead of winter months, I can't cast. The pot fluctuates and I stand on an ice cold concrete slab. A cover for the pot helps, but when it gets below
20 degrees, it is uncomfortable.

SHiloh

[375RUGER]

Did 40 in a new .360-158-RF mould, just checking how it cast. It fills out good but I have a flash at the base so I stopped. I discovered a gap between the sprue plate and block. I need to get rid of this gap, I'm thinking the plate is tweaked a little but won't know until I take it off and check it on a surface plate.

[cf_coder]

Alright... against my better judgement, I fired up the pot and poured 400 Lyman 358156. Good consistant pistol and rifle boolit. I'll add that to the 100 or so that I already had on hand and it should last me the rest of the summer. Along with my 800 already cast Ranchdog 175 grainers I think I'm set on .357 for now... :D

I'm still waiting on my new Mihec NATO .225 mold to come in so I can put together some lead fodder for my AR-15...

[bowfin]

Updated to This Point...

[fcvan]

Cast 1000 on Sunday, another 1000 on Monday. 1000 Lee .356-125-2R, and 1000 Lee .356-120TC. Boolits from both run about .358 and weighed 125.8 and 125.4 respectively. Each casting session was about 3 hours (the length of an NRA news podcast) and included breaks for drinking, stretching, and such. Undoubtedly more will be cast this month in .22, .40, .41, and .45. Frank

[Alan in Vermont]

In the past two days I have converted 56.5 lbs. of alloy into Lee 452-200-SWCs. 1,977 boolits at the theoretical weight.

[375RUGER]

and another 275--.360-158-RF

[bowfin]

Big boost from some high volume casters...UPDATED TO THIS POINT

[41mag]

Well I warmed up the pot and poured around 15# worth of the 41-258 in round and penta last Friday. Just using the weight it was only around 450 total.

If things go as planned I will be making big pour this coming weekend. Just not sure what yet.

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

A hundred and forty-six pounds of the Morgan Mould Buckshot, and a hundred and six pounds
of Lyman Sabot Shockers in 12 gauge. That's the focus this month.

Rich

[John Boy]

I cast every month of the year ...
For CAS, 45 Colts only. Have 4000 in inventory
For BPCR & Special Bullets: 22LR to 50-70's I cast in lots of 400 and keep 300 in inventory - various alloys

Total inventory last count ... 8922 from 73 different molds

[bowfin]

Updated to this point...

[put]

I just finnished 2100 of the Lee 40 cal 175 gr.

[popper]

Cool and rainy so ~500 Lee 40 cal 175 gr.

[bowfin]

Updated to this point...

[Moonie]

About 300 of the new Lee 230gr .309 5R 300AAC boolit

[44deerslayer]

I cast all year in June 700 acp ,500 45 colt ,1000 9mm, 2000 38/357,1500 44mag 500 hp 44 mag, 800 308,500 32 mag .just have to lube and size

[bowfin]

Updated to thsi point...

[375RUGER]

396 each 44-265K

[gvanzeggelaar]

500 92gr noe for my 9mm

[cf_coder]

Lazy weekend, so I put cast up another 400 Lee TL-452-230s. Just about 3/4 of a Lee 20 pound pot.

[pastor]

750 - 230gr 45acp

[fcvan]

Cast 1000 Lee .356-125-2R, and 1000 Lee .356-120TC last weekend.

Today, cast 200 Lee. 450-200-1R HP and 400 Lyman 225415 .225 boolits. The month is young. Frank

[Griz44mag]

This weekend -
1380 -452-230gr, RN
750 - 125gr-357-rn (for 9mm)
Just finished lubing with a White Lube Co mix of 33%CR, 67% 50/50, a really great mix for a summer lube.

[bowfin]

updated to this point...

[Stick_man]

This weekend:
200 .358 125RF
200 .429 200RF
300 .401-160 HP

[Huntducks]

200= 210gr lyman 429215HP.

[bowfin]

Updated to This Point...

[Shiloh]

About 300 more 125 gr RF.
Brings it up to 900 or so. This means I've fired 500+ of these boolits in a 9mm since around May 20th. I really like this new mold!!

SHiloh

[bowfin]

Updated...

[H.Callahan]

Add me in for a small run of .38 158g SWCs I cast for a fun shoot my club had last weekend. Total batch was 250, which got culled back to 199 (couldn't I have cast just ONE more good one? [smilie=b: ) after inspection (dunno if you are tracking actual casts or real boolits).

[captaint]

Hasn't been a big month for me thus far. I cast up about 125 LBT 379-250, about 400 RCBS 356-124 and about 100 Ranch Dog 380's. Just had to try out that new mold !! enjoy Mike

[paul h]

So far I've cast three 10# pots of ww's, and the totals are approximately:

105gr lee 357 600+
160gr XFN lbt 358 100+
200gr WFN gc 358 100+
400gr XLFN gc 475 200+

[Stick_man]

Just (last night) cast up another 250 .358-125RFs and 75 (good ones) of the .429-200RFs. I also poured 20 lbs of ingots from COWWs (was getting kinda low on them). One of these days, I am going to break out my 6-holers for the .358-158RF and .401-175TC. Been having too much fun with these other molds for right now though. Love the little 125gr RFs. Have a couple thousand .38spl brass that these will get loaded into. Should make a nice plinkin' and rabbit load.

[astroskg]

it all started as a hobby now its an addiction. Roto Metals is my dealer

last weekend i went out into my garage and started casting by the time i called it quits sorted out the bad from the keepers and put into my bins for the next step (size and lube) i had cast up 1874@ 230gn 45acp bullets current cost per boolet 1.3 cents each less than 8 cents per round down range i just love it. woo hoo i spend less in a clip of rounds than my friends do in two factory rounds.

the weekend before 1243@ 230gn 45acp. like i said i'm addicted nothing like taking raw materials and making something out of it. love to go to the range and shoot my stuff with my son and not have to worry about how many $$$$ i just wasted in factory ammo.

9mm and 40's over the next couple weekends might need to order from Roto again to support my habit.

2 lbs of super hard 15 lbs of pure lead makes a real nice mix add in a little tin and dig into my stash of 1000lbs of free lead i got a year ago and i'm good for many hours and thousands of bootits i alloy up 6 batches or so and mark my ingots so the next time i cast i just melt and cast using my pre alloyed ingots , wish i lived closer to Roto metal and could take my 1000lbs of lead and just have them alloy it all at one time maybe a road trip in the future.

[waksupi]

Around 400 BD .45's today.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I cast some 454 heavy weights today (295 gr.)
about 250 dropped nicely from a single cavity mold.
50/50 alloy (WW/Range scrap)
Jon

[bowfin]

updated...

[Mark85304]

I have not counted them, but I've cast just over 30 pounds of boolits in the last two weeks. Most of what I've cast are 125 grn 9mm, 150 grn .30 cal, 235 grn .375 cal, 350 grn .458 cal, and 49 & 52 grn .22 cal. I am working on getting a .284 cal double cavity mould to drop good boolits (still not happy with those). I'll be casting a bunch of 68 grn .22 cal boolits once my first brass mould arrives.

Here's what I've been casting.

http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa373/tangochaser/Boolits.jpg

[Shiloh]

I added to my totals from my earlier posts.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showpost.php?p=1731057&postcount=37

Added another 500 pieces. I have a a goodly supply and am going to start putting them downrange.

Shiloh

[Shiloh]

Lazy weekend, so I put cast up another 400 Lee TL-452-230s. Just about 3/4 of a Lee 20 pound pot.

Doesn't take long to empty a pot with those babies.

Shiloh

[bowfin]

Updated to this point...

[gvanzeggelaar]

950 NOE 358 92gr

[waksupi]

300 .358

[MT Gianni]

600 0.313".

[Mark85304]

Sorry about my earlier post.

.458 cal 285
.375 cal 228
.356 cal 048
.308 cal 274
.284 cal 264
.224 cal 366

Total: 1465 Boolits

More to come in this AZ heat. It was 115.5 today in Glendale. Mo hotta, Mo Betta!

[bowfin]

Mark, no problem. I did an estimate, and then adjusted it for your counts.

UPDATED...

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

yesterday.
700 of the RD 225 50 PB

[The Black Pearl]

This weekend I cased up 500 - 356 tc and 300 - .500 wfn plus the 200 356 I did last week puts me right 1000...... For the moment lol

[Steelbanger]

One cool morning this month I cast 450 of the Ranch Dog 379-250FN mould, a pre-production mould for evaluation. That may be all the casting until fall.

[bowfin]

Updated to this point...

[btroj]

350 30 cal RCBS 165 SIL and 700 311165 RD.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

450 more of the RD 225 50

[alfloyd]

I cast 733 9mm 124 g slugs Tuesday. First ones i have cast in months. :(

Lafaun

[pastor]

1250 45acp .452 230gr

100 38sp .358 swc 140gr

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

qty:450 of a RB in .445

[Bisbee]

250 .358 swc 158gr.
480 .356 lrn 125gr.

[HABCAN]

Can't really remember, but for sure 50 LEE TL .312 yesterday........and probably a few hundred 'others' prior.

I have literally thousands cast over time awaiting GC's.

[pastor]

700 - 230 gr. rn 45acp

400 - 140 gr. swc 38spec

[Alan in Vermont]

Had a cool, damp morning here so I finally did some casting. 26.1 lbs of "raw" Lee 452-200-SWC. That is just a bit over 900 that I now need to inspect. If the results of this session are as good as the last it should add 850 to the month.

I did a couple small batches earlier this month so the total of unreported boolits looks lke this;

452-200-SWC 850
358-105- SWC 350
358315 50

New boolits total 1250 to add to the tally.

[Aunegl]

330 .308 rcbs 165 silh
220 .44 rcbs 240 swc/gc
140 7.62 rcbs 135 sp. Pt.

[Shiloh]

Another 360 or so of the same.

Shiloh

[Alan in Vermont]

I just added another 980 of the 452-200-SWC to the tally.

Somehow the peanut butter and the bread came out even. I set the goal of filling a 50 cal. ammo can with these and this last batch accomplished that. 87 lbs. 11 oz. just fit in the can. I had to shake it a little, VERY little at that weight, to get them to settle enough so I could close the lid without forcing it. Going by the design weight there are 3,070 boolits resting comfortably in there. Add 5 lbs for the can and that is one heavy little package.

Now I have to finish filling a 30 cal. can with 421429s then try for 30 cal. cans of Lee 358-105 SWC and 311-93-RN. There will be some serious numbers of those two little guys. I don't mind casting but it's going to seem a lot slower based on how fast the pot will empty.

[runfiverun]

still at zero.
did lube about 3-4 thousand 30 cals however.

[bowfin]

Updated...

[paul h]

Didn't count em, but cast ~150 38 wadcutters this morning.

[1Shirt]

Lets see! To the best I can recall:

125 ea. 22's
350 or so of 6.5's
300+/- 30's

Plan to run a thousand or so 38's in the next few days.
1Shirt!

[slide]

500- .358 148 grain hbwc

500- .452 200 grain rfn

[Lead Express]

350- 158gn .358 RF

400- 175gn .401 TC

[Alan in Vermont]

Put me in for 590 boolits out of an NEI 451-230-RN. I started out with WAY more than that but the mold was not cooperating so I had over 8 lbs of rejects out of a 27 pound batch. ARGH!!!

[dragonrider]

On Monday I cast 500 total from three new molds, Mihec 22 cal, Mihec 45 HP, and NOE 360-180

[chboats]

It's near the end of June, so here goes.
150gr 357 rn 2400
160gr 357 swc 800
230gr 452 rn 800
530gr 458 250
330gr 458 500
255gr 432 swc 400
190gr 311 500

total 5650

I didn't actually count them I just went by weight.

Carl

[1Shirt]

Now that is impressive!
1Shirt!

[BD]

I recently moved back to Maine, and have just gotten my reloading bench back together. It'd been five years since I last sat down in front of my master caster. Boy, was I glad to see it! I flipped the switch while bolting the presses back down on the bench, and then spent an hour casting 900 .45s in two designs. It was just like I'd never left. Same mold in the machine, pot still full of alloy, so easy to do. I'm downsizing from 16 linear feet of reloading bench in SC, back to eight feet of bench in Maine, so things are a bit crowded. However, having my four feet of dedicated casting bench back with the master caster all set up makes it easily bearable.

[Bisbee]

310, 158gr 38/357 swc

[cfmiles]

Just got started casting around 2 weeks ago and I've worked out all the bugs to where I can finally start producing a good amount of bullets.

617 230gr 45 acp
556 115gr 9mm
50 180gr 40 S&W (still working on the load for these)

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

qty:300 RCBS 38-148 WC

one more try with this 2 cav. mold, then it may go to the auction block.
boolits drop right at .358
I wish they'd be a thou bigger
Jon

[Alan in Vermont]

Add another 766 pcs cast in a Lee 170 gr TC mold for .40 S&W. Very good results from this mold, 18 lbs 10 oz. of good boolits and only 1 lb. 2.7 ozs. of rejects.

[Chicken Thief]

150 pcs. Lee 459-405HB
150 pcs. Lee 515-450
200 pcs. 675 round balls
100 pcs. 735 round balls
1000 pcs. #1 Buck shot
250 pcs. Lee 312-185-1R

And a 120 lb lead bar into 130 ingots

[LAcaster]

Here it goes final tally:
356402 450ea
358242 400ea
358495 550ea
358429 200ea
358311 400ea
429421 300ea
429244 200ea
225415 200ea
287448 200ea
311414 220ea
Total of 3120 and yes it was hot but didn't have the time this winter

[bowfin]

Henrik, (Chicken Thief) I finished the last of the candy this week.:awesome:

[clintsfolly]

Cast this month 2500 358-90,
500 368-280
200 454-255hp
60 460-325
total 3260
Was a good time! The last250 368-280and 500 358-90 today at 89 degrees Clint

[geargnasher]

I cast 800 Lee C312-185-2Rs about two weeks ago, followed by 350 RCBS 270-150-SP, and tonight I just finished a marathon restocking session with the Lyman 454190 totalling a little over 1100. I finished just before midnight, so I just barely squeaked it in!

So add 2,250 to the score.

Gear

[ihmsakiwi]

Saturday 30th June.

Cast;
280 x 7mm RCBS 145 gr
307 x RCBS 165gr 30cal boolits.

Regards,

Peter

[reloader28]

Yesterday (last day of June) I cast 1300 ranch dog 100gr .380's.
2 days before that, I cast almost 700 and another 700 before.

Thats a nice little boolit and sweet mold. Well done Ranch Dog.

[Shiloh]

So, Whats the total?? Anyone talley it up?? I tried but couldn't keep it straight.

SHiloh

[WILCO]

still at zero.



Same here................. :groner:

[Chicken Thief]

So, Whats the total?? Anyone talley it up?? I tried but couldn't keep it straight.

SHiloh

See post #1 for details.

[bowfin]

Thanks to everybody who indulges me on these threads of whimsy.

As an aside, I converted my brother today after he tried out the .32 115 grain FN (314008) in front of 4.0 grains of Unique in his Ruger .32 H&R. These were the first boolits that went from wheelweight to target for me with lube I made myself. Before, it was either purchased ingots, purchased lube, or someone else's hand in the mix.

The cartridges shot better than either of the two Federal Factory loads we had tried before, but that might be because I tried harder.

[paul h]

Squeked in a few more on Saturday ~500 38 wadcutters and 100+ 45 swc's.

Got 250 rds of 38/357 loaded for plinking on our 4th of July camping trip.

[pdawg_shooter]

We had 11 100+º days in June, several above 110º. So, total count of bullets cast in June is 0. However I did get several hundred sized, patched, lubed and ready to load if that counts.

[Shiloh]

See post #1 for details.

Thank you sir!!


Thanks to everybody who indulges me on these threads of whimsy.

As an aside, I converted my brother today after he tried out the .32 115 grain FN (314008) in front of 4.0 grains of Unique in his Ruger .32 H&R. These were the first boolits that went from wheelweight to target for me with lube I made myself. Before, it was either purchased ingots, purchased lube, or someone else's hand in the mix.

The cartridges shot better than either of the two Federal Factory loads we had tried before, but that might be because I tried harder.

Thanks for the tally!! I kept getting different answers.

Shiloh

[popper]

So just short of 1 ton of lead cast in June?

[bowfin]

Shiloh,

The final count was very arbitrary. Turning "a few more than" or "a little over" into a hard number was a conservative guess, so I am sure my number is a close guess.

I had hoped to get some pointy .357" boolits cast for my sister-in-law for the count, but it just didn't happen. It was sobering to see how fast a month in one's life can slip by.

[Chicken Thief]

Henrik, (Chicken Thief) I finished the last of the candy this week.:awesome:

Cheers mate

[Shiloh]

Shiloh,

The final count was very arbitrary. Turning "a few more than" or "a little over" into a hard number was a conservative guess, so I am sure my number is a close guess.

I had hoped to get some pointy .357" boolits cast for my sister-in-law for the count, but it just didn't happen. It was sobering to see how fast a month in one's life can slip by.

What a bout the year??? It is July Fourth tomorrow and I am way behind in the things I wanted to do this year. Fortunately, I have put downrange a lot of the boolits cast in June and earlier in the year. I have a Christmas LEE mold that is still in the box for crying out loud!!

Shiloh