PolarWolf
02-22-2009, 06:16 AM
Hello,
I've been reading along with this forum for a while and I thought I'd share with you my first results in casting boolits. These come from a mould I borrowed, I think it's a Lee mould. These boolits are 45 grains of pure lead, sized to .224. I'm not a powder shooter, so these go into my Evanix AR6 PCP airgun, and shoot rather nice even out to 100+ yards. I have my own mould on order, a 55 grains .224 from NEI Handtools. We'll see how that goes.
These are my first 2000 or so boolits:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11633&stc=1&d=1235297146
I've traded some lead for a Lee bottom pour melting pot which is a very nice device to start pouring lead with. No hassle aside from the periodic clogging of the spout. I do flux (using candle wax), but somehow there's still stuff in my melt which causes clogging when pouring. Is there some way to prevent this? It's annoying to have to stop pouring to unclog the spout.
My next "project" will be to cast boolits for my soon to arrive Evanix AR5. This is a .20 caliber model for which I need to find a mould (any suggestions?). Pouring .22 was fairly straightforward, is there anything I need to be aware of when starting to pour smaller calibers?
Anyway, thanks for all the information I've been able to find through this forum sofar. There's a wealth of knowledge and experience present here, and I hope to learn a lot from y'all!
Thanks and regards from The Netherlands
Fer.
I've been reading along with this forum for a while and I thought I'd share with you my first results in casting boolits. These come from a mould I borrowed, I think it's a Lee mould. These boolits are 45 grains of pure lead, sized to .224. I'm not a powder shooter, so these go into my Evanix AR6 PCP airgun, and shoot rather nice even out to 100+ yards. I have my own mould on order, a 55 grains .224 from NEI Handtools. We'll see how that goes.
These are my first 2000 or so boolits:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11633&stc=1&d=1235297146
I've traded some lead for a Lee bottom pour melting pot which is a very nice device to start pouring lead with. No hassle aside from the periodic clogging of the spout. I do flux (using candle wax), but somehow there's still stuff in my melt which causes clogging when pouring. Is there some way to prevent this? It's annoying to have to stop pouring to unclog the spout.
My next "project" will be to cast boolits for my soon to arrive Evanix AR5. This is a .20 caliber model for which I need to find a mould (any suggestions?). Pouring .22 was fairly straightforward, is there anything I need to be aware of when starting to pour smaller calibers?
Anyway, thanks for all the information I've been able to find through this forum sofar. There's a wealth of knowledge and experience present here, and I hope to learn a lot from y'all!
Thanks and regards from The Netherlands
Fer.