First pound cast

[michael.birdsley]

Had a day off from work so I decided to slug my pistol barrels. After making some home made soft jaws. I slugged my ruger sr9c. The grooves miked out at exactly .355 https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170122/e819796bdf33d22e7cb3daf9c2cf8b26.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170122/959107844b102c9e27556210b6cab740.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170122/dcffb8fc4c55b484ede63f710e2708ec.jpg

For the slug I poured a 1/4 egg sinker from my do-it mold with pure soft lead. For the rod I used a short section of wooden dowel.

I don't have a blade mic but,using calipers the lands are .345ish. I have a lee .356 in either 120-124 grain tc tl mold that I bought on here. I'm going to cast with wheel waits and see what how the come out before buying a sizer. Hopefully with wheel weights it will come out to .356-.357.

Thanks David b for the soft lead


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[Tatume]

I'm glad that wooden dowel didn't stick in your barrel. You're lucky. It's much safer to use steel or brass, or even hard aluminum.

[Andy]

Glad it worked out well for you, I was worried about using a wooden dowel too based on all the horror stories. I found out you can get a short section of 1/4" or 5/16" brass rod for about $6 on amazon so I went that route and have found a lot of other good uses for it in the meantime. Seemed like good insurance against a potential problem.

[michael.birdsley]

Glad it worked out well for you, I was worried about using a wooden dowel too based on all the horror stories. I found out you can get a short section of 1/4" or 5/16" brass rod for about $6 on amazon so I went that route and have found a lot of other good uses for it in the meantime. Seemed like good insurance against a potential problem.

I'll find a brass rod one of these days. I just cut the dowel into a 6 inch section. So it wouldn't bend as easily.


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[blackthorn]

Bending is not the problem, splitting is. The wood dowel can split (on an angle) and the pieces the try to pass each other and you have a JAM! Trying to force it through then just makes it tighter. Use a metal rod!