snuffy
05-12-2008, 01:36 PM
While shooting in an IDPA shoot on Saturday, my shooting buddy asked to borrow some of my 45 acp loads. These are my lee 6 banger 200 RF boolits. Tumble lubed but not sized, they drop at .453. I was also shooting them. The alloy is 17# of near pure lead, 3 # linotype. He liked them so much, he asked to come out and cast some to load for himself.
I had the pot hot by the time he got here, so I sat down and run 4-5 pours while he watched. Then he took over, and I watched as a smile slowly spread across his face!:-D He then asked about if I had a 9mm mold. Silly question!:mrgreen: The lee tumble lube TC 125 grainer, 6 banger got started to heat up on my propane camp stove. # hours lated he had a nice pile of both the 45's and the ,355's. I gave him a couple bottles of LLA and explained how to coat them.
During the conversation, he said he was going to look into getting set up to cast his own. It just happened I have an old 10 pounder lee production pot doing nothing,(my new one is a pro 20). Well, he left with it, those 2 6 bangers, and enough lead to get started casting.
He's hooked!:drinks: He is about 30 YO, so another young,(well compared to this old coot), caster has joined our ranks.:Fire:
PS, I'm the guy that got him started loading too.
I had the pot hot by the time he got here, so I sat down and run 4-5 pours while he watched. Then he took over, and I watched as a smile slowly spread across his face!:-D He then asked about if I had a 9mm mold. Silly question!:mrgreen: The lee tumble lube TC 125 grainer, 6 banger got started to heat up on my propane camp stove. # hours lated he had a nice pile of both the 45's and the ,355's. I gave him a couple bottles of LLA and explained how to coat them.
During the conversation, he said he was going to look into getting set up to cast his own. It just happened I have an old 10 pounder lee production pot doing nothing,(my new one is a pro 20). Well, he left with it, those 2 6 bangers, and enough lead to get started casting.
He's hooked!:drinks: He is about 30 YO, so another young,(well compared to this old coot), caster has joined our ranks.:Fire:
PS, I'm the guy that got him started loading too.