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gobbles23
09-08-2017, 09:04 AM
I'm still fairly new to casting, but always ran into one issue or another. Yesterday I started casting and started with my Lee pot at the lowest temp and casted the whole time at that. No frosted bullets and bullets just fell out of the mold. I scrapped the first see off bullets to make sure mold was up too temp, however 3-4 of them looked good. I ended up having 500 perfectly bullets and only 15 throw backs. Usually for me it is about 70/30 ratio. Now I'm out of alloyed lead. Time to smelt

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Biggin
09-08-2017, 10:21 AM
Congratulations!! I'm new at this myself
First time I made good boolits was awesome!!!

daloper
09-08-2017, 11:15 AM
You are in trouble now. Once you start casting good bullets the addiction only gets worse. Enjoy and good luck.

gobbles23
09-08-2017, 11:50 AM
Well I am also powdercoating, so I have been busy. I have only loaded about 250 rounds total, but I have about 700 bullets ready. So next week I have to set up press and hopefully make some good progress.

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lightman
09-08-2017, 01:08 PM
Remember that temp setting, as every mold could be different. Even a veteran caster has days where nothing works right. Congratulations on getting something working out for you!

daloper
09-08-2017, 02:21 PM
OH,OH Powder coating. He has fallen down the rabbit hole with the rest of us.

Eddie17
09-08-2017, 03:12 PM
Yah, what color to choose?
PC rules!:Bright idea:

gobbles23
09-09-2017, 05:20 AM
I have eastwood semi gloss black and Kawasaki green

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725
09-09-2017, 07:12 AM
lightman couldn't be more right! Well done.