TexasGrunt
01-17-2017, 08:34 PM
Smelted my COWWs yesterday. Got 48 muffins and 6 mini loaf ingots.
Took half the lead out of my Pro-Melt today and added COWW ingots. Added six ounces of pewter and mixed it all together.
I got my Lee six banger hot and started to cast.
The first thing I noticed that this alloy cools a lot faster than pure lead. I have turned my Pro-Melt down about 40 degrees because the tin helps the flow. I also noticed I could cast some frosty boolits. Using pure lead or 98/2 I couldn't get frosty boolits.
I also noticed the sprue plate took very little effort compared to what I had been using. I did notice that I was getting some powder/dust when cutting the sprues using the alloy. Is this normal?
The boolits look awesome. Great fill out. Little bit of frosty look. The mold is supposed to be a 200 gr but they are coming out around 205 which is to be expected.
Thanks!
Took half the lead out of my Pro-Melt today and added COWW ingots. Added six ounces of pewter and mixed it all together.
I got my Lee six banger hot and started to cast.
The first thing I noticed that this alloy cools a lot faster than pure lead. I have turned my Pro-Melt down about 40 degrees because the tin helps the flow. I also noticed I could cast some frosty boolits. Using pure lead or 98/2 I couldn't get frosty boolits.
I also noticed the sprue plate took very little effort compared to what I had been using. I did notice that I was getting some powder/dust when cutting the sprues using the alloy. Is this normal?
The boolits look awesome. Great fill out. Little bit of frosty look. The mold is supposed to be a 200 gr but they are coming out around 205 which is to be expected.
Thanks!