Mt Advancements in Casting

[dale2242]

I started out casting with a single cavity mold with my melt heated on a Coleman white gas camp stove.
Advancements in order.:
1: Heating my melt with propane camp stove.
2: Heating my melt with a bottom draw. pot.
3: Using 2-4 cavity molds instead of single cavity.
4: Preheating my molds with a hot plate.
5: Using a thermometer to tell hot my melt is.
6: Using a small fan to keep my molds cool as I cast.

I still have single cavity molds that I use.
I still have my cast iron 10 & 20 # pots I smelt in using the propane stove.
I still have and use my ladle that I find I need to use on a stubborn mold now and then.
I am almost 80 and have been casting for nearly 60 years and still have a lot to learn.
Casting adds to the reloading experience.
I have been shooting a lot of cast in my milsurps..
I need to get set up for 8X57 now.
Have fun. Be safe...dale

[RU shooter]

No near as many years into this as you Dale but I guess I'm progressing slower than most but I don't cast on a production rate , I started smelting on a modified kerosene heater and a steel coffee pot and would just "pour" my muffin ingots did many pounds of ingots that way one summer . Started casting with a Lee single hole mould and Lyman ladle and a 110 v hot plate took forever seemed like for a a few ingots to melt . Now still running electric , an old 220v range top and an insulated stainless pot and still using that same Lyman ladle .

[dale2242]

It was a long slow progression.
keep the faith. it is worth the trip.