First Cast

[kevindtimm]

Bored on Friday evening, I have a couple of dozen donated battery terminals sitting around the house as well as my new burner, mold (purchased from ACrowe25 - thx very much!), dipper and cast iron pan. Thought, why not melt a 4-5 terminals and see what happens. Attached is what happens :)

76803

BTW, note to noobs (like me), make your very first castings with an already used mold. It's already broken in and starts making good boolits right away (not that my other brand spanking new molds wouldn't do the same, but removing variables is how we make things work, right away). And, get a 'heavy' dipper, otherwise your lead cools too fast, before you can get it in the mold.

[RobS]

They look great!!! Lee 200 grain SWC (#68 SWC copy) for the 45 auto?

[kevindtimm]

They look great!!! Lee 200 grain SWC (#68 SWC copy) for the 45 auto?

I believe that is correct.

[Lights]

Looks like you did good a good job.

[ACrowe25]

Congrats. That was my favorite mold! Just needed to get more holes in. Glad I broke it in how you liked it :lol:

[kevindtimm]

@ACrowe25 - how did you load this? (Powder/OAL/etc)

[EMC45]

That is a great bullet and it shoots very well.

[9.3X62AL]

OK, NOW we have you! :) Some right good production there, sir. It is a good boolit design that shoots very well for me in all of my 45 caliber handguns, both 45 ACP and 45 Colt.

[ACrowe25]

Congrats. That was my favorite mold! Just needed to get more holes in. Glad I broke it in how you liked it :lol:

200 gr LSWC
LEE DC W231 5.2 gr. WLP(or Tulammo LP) 1.25”

(Copy/pasted from my load data sheet).

My boolits dropped at around 205-206 with straight WW.

[Firebricker]

Glad your off to a good start ! FB

[Spruce]

Nice looking boolits. Good job on first try.

[wistlepig1]

Your done now, the cheap bullits are one thing but OH the new equipment and the molds, so many molds. Great job and have fun!

[Chilmonty]

Those look Great! Well done sir, and welcome to the addiction! :drinks:

[kevindtimm]

Thanks to all for the kudos, for sure you're right about needing more stuff now - to wit, I now have a .452 sizer on the way :)

And, upon further review, it seems that this is a great pure lead boolit for my 1911. I predict a quick 100 projectiles in my near future.

[Cherokee]

Welcome to the world of cast boolits !! Good looking first try.

[Prodigal Son]

You have one thing needed to cast good Boolits, desire! They look great.