how many cast in september

[Littlewolf]

140pcs - 311413
100pcs - 311414
100pcs - 452460
50pcs - 450225
50pcs - 225415
started at aprox 1930hrs and shut down at aprox 2330hrs 9-6-12

[Ron in PA]

I cast all year ,200 Lee 125 RNFP 357 for my M92 Chiappa Lever Action on last Saturday.

[tim josey]

I cast a little over 220 last Sat. 126 gr lee tl. 9mm . Going to do some 7mm TCU-145 gr sil. as soon as my RCBS mold comes in.

[buyobuyo]

I'm casting right now. I just refilled the pot and am letting it come to temp. I've cast through two 20lb pots and am going for a third (maybe a 4th). I'm casting MP 454-200-HP with the penta pin. They weigh around 205-210 after sizing/lubing.

I need to mix up more alloy sooner than later.

[burntpowder]

2000 HG#50 1500 keith 158GR SWC about 200 various rifle boolits.

[**oneshot**]

I don't really keep track of how many I cast. I did at one time, but now I just fire up the pot and cast until have a pile of boolits for how ever many molds use that alloy and are low in stock. Once I'm done they get culled over and put into bins for sizing.

[9.3X62AL]

I shut down the furnace in July, it's too freakin' hot here for casting and sometimes too hot for range time unless I hit the line at zero dark thirty in the morning. Things seem to be cooling off lately, so I might get a session in before Oct. 1. I have 2 new moulds to test-drive.

[Shiloh]

About 500 pcs. LEE 125 RNFP. To replace a bunch that were fired in August.

Shiloh

[grrifles]

540. Lee 158 grain TL. 38/357
800. 45. Lee 200 SWC

[Gliden07]

200 Lee 230GR .45LRN

[abunaitoo]

Here, we cast any time of the year.
No weather to worry about.
Just last week I cast about 600 .30/196gr.
Wheel weights are getting hard to find. Stupid state has declared all lead as hazardous waste.
To me, politicians should be classified as hazardous waste.

[Harter66]

I cast about 100 200 gr 30cal spire points sized for patching , wrapped ,lubed,sized. I will also wait a while longer before I cast in large volumes. These are for deer season and had a higher than normal cull rate looking perfection.

[boltons75]

I have 2 New noe molds and a layoff the last two weeks of September. I will cast a few I bet.

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[41mag]

So far only about 400. A mix of RD .430 240RFN'S MP 45 270 SAA, and .452 640's. I tested 40 rounds of them yesterday and will be pouring up several hundred more, this coming week.

[melter68]

I cast all year round in england, using my lead pot and bunsen burner, great fun in the winter months.

[sav300]

About 200 hundred Lyman 311644,plus a hand full of 375 rb`s out of a lachmiller mold.

[Floydster]

Little wolf, I thought I was the only one casting the 311413, that is an old mold I have been casting for 50 years .

[Kraschenbirn]

Haven't cast anything yet this month but I'm down to my last two trays of RCBS 30-165-SILs and have a whole summer's worth of empty '06 and .308 brass that need reloading.

Bill

[gamma50]

semptember is my favorite month as long as it dont rain,I cast 500 Lee 1 oz slugs along with .31 buckshot, 400 158swTL .38 specialL, 400 125 TL 9mm,I use 2 bottom pour Lee mag melters, plus 1 20 lb melter for removing steel from WW,I use all Lee stuff, others take too much money to really get into casting.and just finished with 400 200 gr. .30 that cast out to .310, good for all my rifles, AK to 1917 Eddystone.
if it wasnt for CBs Imy family couldnt afford to shoot.

[TJF1]

I cast all year long when casting for six shooters
357-44mag-45acp-45colt-30cal-45/70-9mm-40sw-
327fed.
Terry

[Gator 45/70]

For a friend .411/.412, Count unknown,More weather permiting tomorrow...http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_24000504d46e26ca78.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=6619)

[engineer401]

I cast year-round. It doesn't matter if the temperature is 10 degrees or 100. I cast outside. We don't see a lot of rain here. I just need to avoid the wind.

[gwilliams2]

I try to cast most mine in the winter months, that would be Dec and Jan here in South Texas; ok, maybe Nov - Feb some years.. Sept is time to get spun up for Bow season! Bow season for deer opens in a few weeks... Can't wait.

[John Guedry]

I did about 50 45/70 s and 200 .38 s this morning.Temp is about83 thanks to the cold front that came thru Sun. night.

[WilliamDahl]

I do my smelting in the "winter" when the mosquitoes are not so bad and the sweat is not dripping into my smelting pot. Casting season lasts a bit longer since it is done in my garage with the garage door open. All it has to be is down into the mid 70Fs as long as there is not too much humidity. It's a hobby, it's not like I want to work up a sweat doing it... :)

[Echo]

My son came down from Tempe Labor Day to hang with Dad. Well, actually, he wanted me to cast a bunch of .45 HP's, so I cranked up the rig & turned out over 400 boolits from Miha's artwork. Jim then sized & lubed with the Star, and did the same with another 400+ -374's I had already cast. He went home with about 35 pounds of .45 boolits, and we were both happy campers.

[WilliamDahl]

My son came down from Tempe Labor Day to hang with Dad. Well, actually, he wanted me to cast a bunch of .45 HP's, so I cranked up the rig & turned out over 400 boolits from Miha's artwork. Jim then sized & lubed with the Star, and did the same with another 400+ -374's I had already cast. He went home with about 35 pounds of .45 boolits, and we were both happy campers.

Did he at least bring his own lead? :)

[fcvan]

Yesterday, I cast 100+ Lee 356-102 RN, 100+ Lee 358-105 SWC (mailed these to another member to try) and 250 Lee 450-200 RN HP boolits. Now I need to punch out some more plain based gas checks for 35 and 45 caliber. Frank

[imashooter2]

48 pounds of Lee 452-228-1R over the last two Sunday afternoons.

[StratsMan]

Hey LittleWolf...

I'd like to try casting with that -414 you mentioned in the original post... I've never seen one, but the shape of that boolit shur is purty... I have a 311329 to make my purty-shape boolits until I see a -414 come up for sale...

Now I just gotta warm up the pot....

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

About forty pounds of 311247, half and half PB and GC, with one cavity of each HP'ed it slows production waaaaaaaaaaay down.
Tomorrow that fine spitzer point 311365 goes to work. It's a 5-cavity, so a morning should net me about 700 after culling the few that do not weigh out or have a messy sprue cut.

Rich
Sua Sponte

[H.Callahan]

Over the weekend I did about 200 each of RCBS 45-230-RN and 358477 from an NOE RG2 mold (first experience with a brass mold). After the HP pins got to temperature, the NOE was fantastic to use, but it was a bitch getting the pins to release the boolits in the start of the session. This was with a hot plate preheated mold. For some reason the pins seem to run colder than the rest of the mold in general.

[Floydster]

What happened to the oringinal post by the O.P., he must still be out in the shed casting:)

[Jal5]

On a roll with RCBS 09115 RN
another 100. I do better and get better results slowing down. And casting a small number per session.

[dragon813gt]

I don't know the count. But it's around 15#s of 360-640 and 12#s of 359-125.


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[oldfart1956]

Labor Day Weekend....big brother Art (he who would NEVER shoot lead boolits in any gun until recently) came to visist and we fired 200 rounds on Fri./Sat. with his 357 and 44 mag. Without cleaning I might add! :) He went back home with 40 lbs. (pounds!) of fresh cast and Recluse lubed boolits. The best part was watching his face when the groups averaged under 1 1/2in. at 50yds. with almost every load. The best groups? Under 1 inch with the H&G 44 mag. boolit. He admitted he couldn't get factory or jacketed loads to shoot that well. He is a believer! :) Audie...the Oldfart.....

[HDS]

I don't keep check but I have to cast as much as I can while its warm enough. Soon it will be too dark and cold and eventually my casting place will be inaccessible for months due to snow.

[dodgyrog]

I cast around 3000 to 5000 mixed types per week - sometimes double that! I struggle to keep up supplying to people by hand casting, but machine casting rifle boolits is not really good enough.
I just ordered another 25000 gas checks - ouch, they're not cheap!

[dnotarianni]

couple hundred .562 balls last night and 2-3000 230gr .45s last week Will cast more for stock when it starts to snow after hunting season. Need 6-7000 45s for the year and 2-3000 assorted for the 500 revolver

[Littlewolf]

1500 = 311414
200 = 452460
started at 1400 cst gave up at 2330 cst

[Walter Laich]

had a break in the heat so cast 160 .45/70 bullets. Forgot how much time is needed with a one hole mold compared to a 6-cav gang pistol mold.

w

[popper]

Last nite - sized the other 400 401-180. This morning, ~500 401-165 TCFB. 3 or 4 had wrinkles, 20 or so bad pour - my fault. HT & sized, ready to lube and load. Should last a month or so. She thinks I should get some exercise, like 2K pulls on the handle isn't enough. Think I'll go fly fishing instead.

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

I cast approximately:
300 for .30 cal rifle
500 for .45-70
2,000 for .380 ACP
1,000 for 9mm
1,000 for .40/10mm
1,000 for .38/.357

[1Shirt]

Charlie, that is a whoop of casting! You must have more time and more lead than most casters!
1Shirt!

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

Charlie, that is a whoop of casting! You must have more time and more lead than most casters!
1Shirt!

Unemployment does have some benefits.

[foxtrapper]

Some .512 375 grain gas check WW alloy http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/yy345/smackythefrog/29be5e21461756d6119fd710a2b410b5.jpg http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/yy345/smackythefrog/f678978abce76d30bc6f4c5717c4e752.jpg

[L Erie Caster]

Just cast 500, 200g SWC for the 45ACP last weekend. Also sized and lubed 1000, 158g SWC for the .357mag.

[WilliamDahl]

Just cast 300 from the Lee TL-401-175-SWC mold tonight. Interestingly, I only averaged 1 beer per 100 rounds. I was going to cast some more, but I put a new ingot in the pot, went inside and by the time I got back, the entire pot had leaked out and soldered the casting pot to the cookie tray that I keep under it just in case. The mound of lead nearly came all the way up to the bottom pour spout. It seems that the ingot shifted when it started to melt and caused the bottom pour to open.

Cast another 200 Wednesday (9/19) evening.

[bobthenailer]

A big Zero!
Ask me again at the end of Febuary as thats when i cast all of my bullets for the year , you might be surprised ? last Febuary slightly over 22,000 cast L/S in a month. i usually do over 10,000.

[Christorbust]

Cast up +300 Mihec .359-125 for my 9mm's after receiving being motivated by a new stock of Randyrat's beeswax coming in today. That's all I've cast this month. I can't get over how easily that bullet drops from the mold. Not one stuck all day long.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j430/Christorbust/photo25_zpsf9c5daff.jpg

[Hank10]

Sept is a good month for casting, I've casts 3 times this mo. already and need to cast some more. I just cast 1 hr. at a time for 4 or 500 bullets depending on the molds I'm using. I cast most of the yr. unless the weather is real baaad.
H08

[Dale53]

I must admit that I cast all year. My little utility barn has a window air conditioning unit and electric heat in the wall.

A few days ago I cast 40 lbs of Mihec's #68 200 gr SWC for the .45 ACP. I then sized and boxed them. Earlier in the month I cast about 30# of Lee 90 ge T/L wadcutters for the .32's. Tomorrow, I'll be running a Lee six cavity mould for the .32 caliber 90 gr SWC T/L bullet (mould is on loan from a friend). I have great hopes for this mould/bullets.

I will admit that I haven't been doing nearly the same amount of shooting as normal due to the horrible heat and humidity this summer. When it is near or over 100 degrees with the humidity we typically get, I stay HOME! Today, on the other hand, it was in the sixties at the range with a high expected of about 72 degrees. Simply delightful and I took advantage of it to test some loads. I still have a smile on my face...

FWIW
Dale53

[barrybrice]

I cast about 600 9mm with the Lyman 2670637. It was a bran new mold so the first 200 were returned to the pot.

[WilliamDahl]

Sept is a good month for casting, I've casts 3 times this mo. already and need to cast some more. I just cast 1 hr. at a time for 4 or 500 bullets depending on the molds I'm using. I cast most of the yr. unless the weather is real baaad.


You seem to be a bit more productive per hour than I am... Are you running two molds at the same time ..... or maybe just drinking less beer?

I find my productivity goes up if I run my lead a bit hot and then run two molds... Preferably two molds that are different enough that the bullets are easy to separate later on when I'm drying them (I water drop all my bullets for a bit more hardness, but mainly for speed in casting. Maybe I would have more throughput if I preheated my ingots in a small cast iron skillet prior to adding them to the casting pot, but that would probably end up reducing my beer intake since I normally use the time that it takes to get the lead up to temperature as the time to go get another beer... :)

[casterofboolits]

No casting in Sept., had a bit of a relapse and my physical therapist is back helping me with my legs. Had a stroke last year.

I had been able to put several thousand 9s, 40s and 45s on the reloading bench prior to that. I hope to get back to casting in a couple weeks.

I may have to trade in my eight cavity H&G moulds for some four cavity moulds. The eights are a bit heavy for a weakened left side.

[foxtrapper]

Casterofboolits glad yer on the way of mending. My Dad and Mom both had strokes. Pops was devastated never came back Mom shook it off and non worse for wear.

[plmitch]

About 800 boolits from my slim38 mold and 100 12 ga lyman slugs

[Just Duke]

I shut down the furnace in July, it's too freakin' hot here for casting and sometimes too hot for range time unless I hit the line at zero dark thirty in the morning. Things seem to be cooling off lately, so I might get a session in before Oct. 1. I have 2 new moulds to test-drive.

What he said.

[Just Duke]

Cast up +300 Mihec .359-125 for my 9mm's after receiving being motivated by a new stock of Randyrat's beeswax coming in today. That's all I've cast this month. I can't get over how easily that bullet drops from the mold. Not one stuck all day long.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j430/Christorbust/photo25_zpsf9c5daff.jpg

I'd flip the handles the other way to keep from chewing up the wood maul or stick.
Those are some good looking bullets.

[Just Duke]

Some .512 375 grain gas check WW alloy http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/yy345/smackythefrog/29be5e21461756d6119fd710a2b410b5.jpg http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/yy345/smackythefrog/f678978abce76d30bc6f4c5717c4e752.jpg

500 S&W's?

[palmettosunshine]

I guess I didn't realize just how small time my operation is. I'm lucky if I cast 100 boolits in a session. Of course I'm using a 2 hole Lee (all of my molds) and my "pot" is an 8" cast iron pan on a single burner atop a small propane cylinder with a wooden rack to support it and I ladle cast.... To say mine is a budget operation is an understatement at best.

And no, I don't cast in September here on the SC coast. I wear WAY too much safety gear to consider garbing up and melting lead this time of year. I usually do it in the late fall to early spring. After that its just too darn hot for me.

[imashooter2]

Another 25 pounds this morning takes me to 73 pounds of Lee 452-228-1R this month.

[Moonie]

+190 Lee 300gr RF 45 pistol boolits

[Dale53]

palmettosunshine;
Don't worry about how few bullets you cast in a session. Most of us started a similar way.

I started casting when I was a teen ager. I thought when I did fifty bullets with a Lyman cast iron 10 lb pot and dipper that I had truly done something (FLASH: I had - I was learning every session). After doing this for a period of time, ( casting, reloading, and shooting) I ran into an older fellow (heck, he was probably 30-35 years old LOL) at the rifle range and invited me over to his place for some advanced casting studies. He and his brother used four cavity moulds, a bottom pour pot and cast thousands at a sitting. After working with him a bit, I invested in a four cavity mould, a bottom pour pot (Lyman 11 lb) and I was on my way.

Over the years, I gradually added guns, moulds, pots, & smelting operations, until I ended up with what I have today. One weekend, my two sons and I cast, sized and boxed 13,000 H&G #68's. I cast the bullets and the two boys sized. subed and boxed them. My two sons became excellent casters and shooters.

Cast what you need. As your shooting progresses, you will know when it is time to increase your capability...

FWIW
Dale53

[Beau Cassidy]

Since putting everything in storage in June and coming to Maine last month on a temporary work assignment I haven't cast anything. Hopefully I will have new diggs by Decemberor January. Then it is game on.