StratsMan
06-10-2012, 07:09 PM
I had some free time today while the wife and daughter went shopping, so I fired up my H&G 51... I had not cast with it before... sooooo heavy, and I only have a 10 pound LEE furnace... but I kept a burner hot to sit the mold on when I had to add lead to the LEE, and gave it a try...
In about 3 hours of casting, I had just under 1,000 boolits cast!!! WOW!!! I was amazed..... and happy... I've been looking forward to trying this boolit... They dropped at 149 grains with my alloy (little light), and measured at .358... a couple were .357, and a couple were .359... gotta expect a little variation with all those cavities....
This is where I cast 'em...
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_57234fd528573d3fb.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5543)
The mold....
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_57234fd528b6640f2.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5544)
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_57234fd528cceaf69.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5545)
The results...
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_57234fd529022fda9.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5546)
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_57234fd52916e71ec.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5547)
In about 3 hours of casting, I had just under 1,000 boolits cast!!! WOW!!! I was amazed..... and happy... I've been looking forward to trying this boolit... They dropped at 149 grains with my alloy (little light), and measured at .358... a couple were .357, and a couple were .359... gotta expect a little variation with all those cavities....
This is where I cast 'em...
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_57234fd528573d3fb.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5543)
The mold....
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_57234fd528b6640f2.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5544)
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_57234fd528cceaf69.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5545)
The results...
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_57234fd529022fda9.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5546)
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_57234fd52916e71ec.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5547)