montana_charlie
02-11-2006, 04:30 PM
I just discovered something that makes ingots easier to store...easier to handle...and makes it easier to estimate the weight of a pile of them.
I keep an ingot mould under the spout on my old Lyman pot to catch drips. While moving some items on the bench, I managed to push a folded towel under the handle...opening the spout.
By the time I noticed that lead was flowing, the ingot mould was just about full...so I let it get to the top before stopping the flow.
If you fill the Lyman mould until it's totally full, you wind up with a single ingot which breaks pretty easily into four equal chunks. You can stack 'em...stand 'em on edge...or pack 'em in a box without fumbling with all of those separate little blocks.
And...the 'segmented ingot' weighs five pounds. I assume the RCBS mould is the same size.
If you try a few you might like 'em.
CM
I keep an ingot mould under the spout on my old Lyman pot to catch drips. While moving some items on the bench, I managed to push a folded towel under the handle...opening the spout.
By the time I noticed that lead was flowing, the ingot mould was just about full...so I let it get to the top before stopping the flow.
If you fill the Lyman mould until it's totally full, you wind up with a single ingot which breaks pretty easily into four equal chunks. You can stack 'em...stand 'em on edge...or pack 'em in a box without fumbling with all of those separate little blocks.
And...the 'segmented ingot' weighs five pounds. I assume the RCBS mould is the same size.
If you try a few you might like 'em.
CM