WolfSpring
02-08-2014, 03:36 PM
So I finally got my bullet molds and a break from the horrid weather, we are up to 48F here in colorado today all week it's been sub zero. So I set out to make some of my wheel weights ingots into bullets and I learned all about mold to hot or two cold only had 10 that I'd consider horrible, had 5 others that had a little trim at the base some lines, some little tings from not opening the mold enough when dropping them some frosty, but for the most part a good turn out.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/xpakratx/Bullets/DSC_7103.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/xpakratx/media/Bullets/DSC_7103.jpg.html)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/xpakratx/Bullets/DSC_7104.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/xpakratx/media/Bullets/DSC_7104.jpg.html)
Obviously 3 of my worst.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/xpakratx/Bullets/DSC_7105.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/xpakratx/media/Bullets/DSC_7105.jpg.html)
Some of these better than others but this is a group of them and they are just for plinking. Need to weight them and size them probably loose some more in that process.
Got a lot to learn and a long way to go, I've made black powder balls already so this wasn't my first overall experience, but with water dropping it's a big diff. Used a cookie tin with the water HORRID idea it leaked out and soked into a nearby towel and when I went back to making ingots the towel was wet got a nice sizzle and pop it scared me.
Questions:
The little trims at the base can I just take a knife and trim that off? These are just plinking rounds not for precision, going to be a .380 I'm shooting out of.
When I size these I will be using straight Alox, I have read and watched many videos, but I am going to start with it straight as it came with the sizer, will it collect in the ring there and create lube ring like the cast bullets I've bought? Or is there something else that leads up to that? They never seem to show that in the vids.
Besides putting them in a tub with some alox and tumbleing them around is there anything else I need to consider? Right now they are just in a little baggie.
Thanks for all the help leading up to this point and the great information on this site.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/xpakratx/Bullets/DSC_7103.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/xpakratx/media/Bullets/DSC_7103.jpg.html)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/xpakratx/Bullets/DSC_7104.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/xpakratx/media/Bullets/DSC_7104.jpg.html)
Obviously 3 of my worst.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/xpakratx/Bullets/DSC_7105.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/xpakratx/media/Bullets/DSC_7105.jpg.html)
Some of these better than others but this is a group of them and they are just for plinking. Need to weight them and size them probably loose some more in that process.
Got a lot to learn and a long way to go, I've made black powder balls already so this wasn't my first overall experience, but with water dropping it's a big diff. Used a cookie tin with the water HORRID idea it leaked out and soked into a nearby towel and when I went back to making ingots the towel was wet got a nice sizzle and pop it scared me.
Questions:
The little trims at the base can I just take a knife and trim that off? These are just plinking rounds not for precision, going to be a .380 I'm shooting out of.
When I size these I will be using straight Alox, I have read and watched many videos, but I am going to start with it straight as it came with the sizer, will it collect in the ring there and create lube ring like the cast bullets I've bought? Or is there something else that leads up to that? They never seem to show that in the vids.
Besides putting them in a tub with some alox and tumbleing them around is there anything else I need to consider? Right now they are just in a little baggie.
Thanks for all the help leading up to this point and the great information on this site.