Ideal 258463

[tward]

Bought a 257463 single cavity on eBay and finally got to cast it today. Once it got to temp the Boolits just fell out, what a pleasure! Tim:bigsmyl2::bigsmyl2:

[rintinglen]

Count your blessings and buy a lottery ticket! Mine is a DC and it is a bit on the finicky side. Best results come with an off center swirling sort of pour. My wife thinks the boolits are "cute little boogers."

[Char-Gar]

Small caliber molds (25 cal and under) can be a booger to cast with. With molds this size is the only time I use straight linotype metal. It's properties really help to fill out the cavities of these itty bitty bullet molds.

[runfiverun]

with the little guy's I turn down the speed of the alloy coming out of the pot then swirl it into the cavity's.
it fills at about the same amount of time as a bigger mold does and provides better venting.
I can get excellent 22 caliber boolits this way with little to no tin added to ww alloy.
it keeps the pace up too because it is almost a continuous movement, the only pause is to fill the mold with alloy.

[tward]

Excess, my old single cavity drops .259-.260. I say old because the mold is an Ideal. Tim