My first 125

[SciFiJim]

You guys are the only ones I can brag to, none of my friends cast and my wife just calls it "your hobby". I received my first molds with handles yesterday from Graf & Sons. The first one I wanted to try was the 452-200-RF. As per the instructions I cleaned it with mineral spirits and then smoked it with matches. I only had to throw back a dozen or so bullets. My Lee bottom pour pot is on back order so I had to use my 3 quart smelting pot and a soup ladle to cast with. Here are the results. My first 125 keeper boolits.

http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt47/SciFiJim_photobucket/100_1457.jpg

I am going to add :castmine: to my signature line.:drinks:

[Trey45]

:kidding: Shiney! How long did it take you to polish them all up like that? :)

[mpmarty]

Nice casting.... Poor counting. There are 130 boolits there.:kidding:

[SciFiJim]

OK, so I was too excited to count correctly:-D It took about 45 minutes to cast these. It sure didn't seem like that long while I was doing it. I measured 10 at random. Eight measured .453, two measured .4525.

[captaint]

Nice work Jim. My first 125 or 130 did not look like yours. Mine were all wrinkly and funny looking. Couldn't convince myself to heat that mold more.

[beagle]

Nice bullets. If only your wife knew what was coming.............../beagle

[SciFiJim]

I think it helps that the 452-200-RF is almost casting a round ball. It has a very shallow lube groove and there is not a lot of detail. My next one's will be TL358-158-SWC. Those might be more difficult.

[snaggdit]

My next one's will be TL358-158-SWC. Those might be more difficult.

Nah, they cast fine, too. Great job, lookin good!

[captain-03]

My first batch looked nothing like that!! Good JOB!!

[Recluse]

I think it helps that the 452-200-RF is almost casting a round ball. It has a very shallow lube groove and there is not a lot of detail. My next one's will be TL358-158-SWC. Those might be more difficult.

That's a great boolit--still my Number One boolit.

:coffee:

[Slow Elk 45/70]

Hullo SciFiJim, Good job , :-D Does wifie have any idea how much this "Hobby" is going to cost???:kidding:

[shooterg]

Now watch - you'll get the pot and ladle and not pour 'em as pretty as with what you used here ! And mpmarty, who has time to count boolits in a pic ? You really have the casting disease, may have to refer you to Casting Anonymous....

[kbstenberg]

I hope my first ones are that great. My lead an molds are still coming.
Yes my wife does know what i am getting into both in money an time. She figures it is better than some other hobbies.

[SciFiJim]

I am thinking of canceling the Lee bottom pour pot that I have on backorder at Grafs and using that money in the search for primers. I cast some TL358-158-SWC this afternoon. Pouring with a soup ladle is very easy. I can see that I will run out of primers before I run out of anything else.

http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt47/SciFiJim_photobucket/th_100_1458.jpg (http://s596.photobucket.com/albums/tt47/SciFiJim_photobucket/?action=view&current=100_1458.jpg)

[RugerSP101]

I just started casting and reloading a couple weeks ago and it sucks to not be able to actually do it because of this shortage of primers.
Sort of makes it not worth having spent the time and money getting set up to cast and reload.
I figure Ill probably end up losing interest in it altogether before the shortages die down.



I am thinking of canceling the Lee bottom pour pot that I have on backorder at Grafs and using that money in the search for primers. I cast some TL358-158-SWC this afternoon. Pouring with a soup ladle is very easy. I can see that I will run out of primers before I run out of anything else.

http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt47/SciFiJim_photobucket/th_100_1458.jpg (http://s596.photobucket.com/albums/tt47/SciFiJim_photobucket/?action=view&current=100_1458.jpg)