shaman
04-10-2014, 12:17 PM
I started a thread on here back in December:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?222768-Another-Step-Down-the-Road
I just thought I would give y'all an update.
I got two .358 moulds, an RCBS 200grn FN and a Lee 158 gr. SWC I have a second Lee mould, a 358-125-Rf, on order.
Over the past few days, I've been playing with them, and I'm having not-so-good results. I'm using wheelweights that I've been saving up lo these many years, until I can score some Linotype-- due to come to me next month. The bullets I'm producing all have lines and fissures in them. The alloy does not seem to be flowing smoothly like it does with my pure-lead ML bullets. Is it the alloy? the temperature? or my technique. I've even tried running the temperature on my Lee Pro IV all the way up to no avail.
One other bit of news, that you will appreciate, and then I'll back off. I've been casting ML bullets out of pure lead for a number of years. About 5 years ago, a couple of buddies came to me asking for advice. They wanted to cast pistol bullets. I told them I knew little about anything other than what I was doing, but I would demonstrate what I was doing and they could take it from there. What was that our Saviour said about mustard seeds?
I called up one of those buddies the other day to see if he wanted to go in on some Linotype. I told him what I was attempting and. . . WOW! talk about casting your seed onto fertile ground. The student has become the teacher. He's been doing lots of casting since my little demonstration 5 years ago. He's a serious boolit master now, and I suspect he's on here, but I don't know his handle. I know he was quoting this place in our discussion.
Fitz, you old bongo player, write soon. Write often.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?222768-Another-Step-Down-the-Road
I just thought I would give y'all an update.
I got two .358 moulds, an RCBS 200grn FN and a Lee 158 gr. SWC I have a second Lee mould, a 358-125-Rf, on order.
Over the past few days, I've been playing with them, and I'm having not-so-good results. I'm using wheelweights that I've been saving up lo these many years, until I can score some Linotype-- due to come to me next month. The bullets I'm producing all have lines and fissures in them. The alloy does not seem to be flowing smoothly like it does with my pure-lead ML bullets. Is it the alloy? the temperature? or my technique. I've even tried running the temperature on my Lee Pro IV all the way up to no avail.
One other bit of news, that you will appreciate, and then I'll back off. I've been casting ML bullets out of pure lead for a number of years. About 5 years ago, a couple of buddies came to me asking for advice. They wanted to cast pistol bullets. I told them I knew little about anything other than what I was doing, but I would demonstrate what I was doing and they could take it from there. What was that our Saviour said about mustard seeds?
I called up one of those buddies the other day to see if he wanted to go in on some Linotype. I told him what I was attempting and. . . WOW! talk about casting your seed onto fertile ground. The student has become the teacher. He's been doing lots of casting since my little demonstration 5 years ago. He's a serious boolit master now, and I suspect he's on here, but I don't know his handle. I know he was quoting this place in our discussion.
Fitz, you old bongo player, write soon. Write often.