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Flashkayak
05-20-2016, 07:35 PM
Is there a cetain way the handles should be attached? I get some boolits that are perfect and some are a little off.
weight ranges from 156 gr. to 162 gr. these are from a 358-158 lee six cavity mold.
DerekP Houston
05-20-2016, 08:05 PM
watch when you close them together while casting. I have a few that as you close the sprue plate the last thou it presses the blocks back open slightly. if I don't notice it happening and fix it, i get some toss backs.
Shiloh
05-20-2016, 08:31 PM
I put them on so I tap the bolt side with a mallet to get the stubborn ones out. You could tap the nut side just as well. Personal preference I guess.
SHiloh
runfiverun
05-20-2016, 08:42 PM
keep your thumb off the sprue cutter handle.
Flashkayak
05-20-2016, 09:11 PM
Tomorrow I will give it another shot. hope I get it right.
Tatume
05-21-2016, 01:31 PM
The best thing you can do for a Lee six-cavity mold is get a sprue plate from Red River Rick. It is worth every penny.
bangerjim
05-21-2016, 02:43 PM
The only way I have found to screw up a Lee 6 banger's drops is:
Dirt/lead flash in and on the pins
You squeezing or holding the spure handle. Keep your hands off it until the lead is hard!
Dirt/lead flash on the mold halve faces
Dings on the edges of the mold halves or on the cavities
I have many Lee 6 bangers and they all drop perfectly acceptable boolits every time....as long as you use it proplerly per above.
bangerjim
Flashkayak
05-21-2016, 05:46 PM
thanks everyone. squeezing the handles and not holding the sprew handle took care of it. Took me a long time to ask the right people. THANKS EVERYONE.
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