mdevlin53
11-23-2012, 02:59 PM
This morning i did a little casting and before i started i plugged in a 10 dollar hotplate beside my casting pot. I preheated my molds before i started casting and each mold was good to go from the start. This idea is an A1 good thing to do. (ps. if the handles start to smoke its too hot don't ask me how i know.)
Second thing is that while casting some big boolits. 439-425s and 458-500s I noticed that the boolets still were not really filling out as well as i would like so i had read that using a ladle vice the bottom pour method might make for a better fill out. Well that is a true statement. With the ladle the boolits were nearly perfect. This also is an A1 idea.
Now the only problem is that my little 10 pound lee bottom pour pot is a bit of a pain with a ladle so i may have to invest in another pot, oh well just another way to save money on ammo.
Thanks to all the good ideas that are to be found on this site and hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Michael
Second thing is that while casting some big boolits. 439-425s and 458-500s I noticed that the boolets still were not really filling out as well as i would like so i had read that using a ladle vice the bottom pour method might make for a better fill out. Well that is a true statement. With the ladle the boolits were nearly perfect. This also is an A1 idea.
Now the only problem is that my little 10 pound lee bottom pour pot is a bit of a pain with a ladle so i may have to invest in another pot, oh well just another way to save money on ammo.
Thanks to all the good ideas that are to be found on this site and hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Michael