L Ross
06-05-2013, 10:09 AM
I hesitate to be a "fan boy" for products and companies, but sometimes I feel I should share an experience. Last week I phoned in an order to Magma Engineering for a 44-200-RNFP-FB mould. A pleasant and knowledgeable person took my call, checked inventory and told me that while there were no moulds of that design currently in stock the shop was cutting 44's next week. My new mould showed up already this Monday. I pulled it out of the box laid it on a hot plate as the pot was preheating. I had 30 lbs of ACWW in the pot and added a one lb bar of 50/50 bar solder.
Using gloves I installed the hot blocks in the Caster and went to work. Five innings of the ball game later I had 400+ bullets cast and shut down. Up in the loading room they measured .433" as advertised, were round, and both cavities matched. As I ran them through a Lathesmith .431" sizing die I found 3 rejects I set aside for remelting and had 403 keepers sporting Lar's Carnuba Red. Now to just let them "season" a week before shooting them.
Kudos to Magma for providing us with a product promptly, pleasantly, and one that requires no tweaking, modifying, or juggling to produce high quality bullets.
Duke
Using gloves I installed the hot blocks in the Caster and went to work. Five innings of the ball game later I had 400+ bullets cast and shut down. Up in the loading room they measured .433" as advertised, were round, and both cavities matched. As I ran them through a Lathesmith .431" sizing die I found 3 rejects I set aside for remelting and had 403 keepers sporting Lar's Carnuba Red. Now to just let them "season" a week before shooting them.
Kudos to Magma for providing us with a product promptly, pleasantly, and one that requires no tweaking, modifying, or juggling to produce high quality bullets.
Duke