First boolits

[huntinlever]

Hey all, not sure if this is where we post them, but first .460's aging out now. A few hundred, with another 700 or so ready to cast from my stash (I have a lot more ww, just looking for more Pb to blend with it to take me out to a few 1000).

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/pkphotodo/DSCN2418_zpswmdtmr7m.jpg (http://s131.photobucket.com/user/pkphotodo/media/DSCN2418_zpswmdtmr7m.jpg.html)
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/pkphotodo/DSCN2419_zpsf0shnd9g.jpg (http://s131.photobucket.com/user/pkphotodo/media/DSCN2419_zpsf0shnd9g.jpg.html)

These were sized and gc'ed at .460 in the Lee, without a hitch, and I'll lube in an RCBS (hopefully, looking for a used one now) at .461.

[Yodogsandman]

Nice looking first boolits! If you want to increase the boolit size just a bit, you'll have to add more antimony and/or tin.

[pworley1]

Very nice. Great start.

[huntinlever]

Thanks guys. Yodog, I did think to do that - Tom mentioned hardball would get me to .46125, and No. 2 to .46075. My bore slugs out at .458, and partially because I couldn't find any .461 dies (now I know, never a good reason, when you can sand them out), I decided on bringing them to .460. A lot of it for me is also just sourcing stuff. Getting ww at about $0.35 a pound right now, though pure lead is harder to come by.

[35 shooter]

Nice looking boolits!!

[Sea Bear]

The only thing I can see wrong with your first bullets is there isn't enough of them! Nice job. They look perfect.

[huntinlever]

Thanks very much for such positive feedback guys, from this community especially this means a lot. I've learned so much in such a short time and I owe quite a debt of thanks to many folks here.

Another casting day ahead - hand lubed a few, enough to realize...I'm a fan of Ben's Red, just not so much all over my finger, lol. May try pan lubing, but I think I'd like to LAM. Can't wait to load these up with some IMR 4198 and chrony them...!