chirodr1
04-12-2013, 01:50 PM
I did a lot of reading before attempting to cast any boolits. Thanks to the wealth of knowledge on this site I thought it was pretty straight forward. I had a few wrinkled boolits to start (did not warm the mold first) after that I was producing pretty good boolits
I traded a friend out of some molds including a Lyman 450 sizer, and Lyman dies: 311359 30 carbine 115gr., 350319 351 winchester (which I will never use), 356402 9mm 121gr., 358156 357 155gr, 358495 357 wadcutter, 375 .36 rem. ball (which I will never use unless I procure a slingshot), 429244 44mag 235gr., and a 452374 45 ACP 230gr. They came with various top punches and sizing dies.
I bought a new Lee Pro V bottom pour melting pot and have some leakage like everyone else it seems. I wish I would have researched that a little bit more.
I happened into my local recycler one day and to my suprise there were ingots already smelted and formed in a Lyman ingot mold, and there were some already cast 45 ACP and 357 bullets. I got some of each for a total of #107.
Wish I would have bought a whole lot more at $.80 per pound but was not sure at that point about casting.
You all have turned me into "Cast Boolit Monster". Thanks! I can't seem to get enough lead but fortunately through my neighbor I have secured a steady source for wheel weights.
I will post some Boolit pictures as soon a I figure out how to do it.
I traded a friend out of some molds including a Lyman 450 sizer, and Lyman dies: 311359 30 carbine 115gr., 350319 351 winchester (which I will never use), 356402 9mm 121gr., 358156 357 155gr, 358495 357 wadcutter, 375 .36 rem. ball (which I will never use unless I procure a slingshot), 429244 44mag 235gr., and a 452374 45 ACP 230gr. They came with various top punches and sizing dies.
I bought a new Lee Pro V bottom pour melting pot and have some leakage like everyone else it seems. I wish I would have researched that a little bit more.
I happened into my local recycler one day and to my suprise there were ingots already smelted and formed in a Lyman ingot mold, and there were some already cast 45 ACP and 357 bullets. I got some of each for a total of #107.
Wish I would have bought a whole lot more at $.80 per pound but was not sure at that point about casting.
You all have turned me into "Cast Boolit Monster". Thanks! I can't seem to get enough lead but fortunately through my neighbor I have secured a steady source for wheel weights.
I will post some Boolit pictures as soon a I figure out how to do it.