ohland
07-17-2014, 03:34 PM
110930
Laid out the work area. Yes, there are 4 molds, one is the 358430 in 195gr guise. It took a while to come up to heat and I stopped pouring before it stopped wrinkling.
110931
L-R, 280468S, 285448, 321297, and the unknown and undersize .320 as cast 160-ish grain scattergun projectile provided with the 32-40. Once the 321297 got up to heat, the boolits either fell out or took one tap to drop. The 280468S were dropping almost as soon as I opened the mold. The 285448 was problematic, most of the time I was beating on the handles to get it to drop. Yes, I did scrub em out with denatured alcohol and smoked 'em with a BBQ lighter. BBQ. Yum.
110946
80x 321297
198x 285448
121x 280468S
There are a few culls in the 280468S group, I started to drop them into the water before the mold came fully up to temp.
Even though the 285448 were difficult (lower left), they were casting good, so I had the loob monkey work it for all it was worth. The 280468S (lower right) were coming good. The 321297 were falling well (upper right).
Laid out the work area. Yes, there are 4 molds, one is the 358430 in 195gr guise. It took a while to come up to heat and I stopped pouring before it stopped wrinkling.
110931
L-R, 280468S, 285448, 321297, and the unknown and undersize .320 as cast 160-ish grain scattergun projectile provided with the 32-40. Once the 321297 got up to heat, the boolits either fell out or took one tap to drop. The 280468S were dropping almost as soon as I opened the mold. The 285448 was problematic, most of the time I was beating on the handles to get it to drop. Yes, I did scrub em out with denatured alcohol and smoked 'em with a BBQ lighter. BBQ. Yum.
110946
80x 321297
198x 285448
121x 280468S
There are a few culls in the 280468S group, I started to drop them into the water before the mold came fully up to temp.
Even though the 285448 were difficult (lower left), they were casting good, so I had the loob monkey work it for all it was worth. The 280468S (lower right) were coming good. The 321297 were falling well (upper right).