Figured I would start a new one.
What is your Current age
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Figured I would start a new one.
What is your Current age
I started casting late in life, was late 40'-early 50's, needed a lot of lead bullets for cowboy action shooting. Found that I enjoyed casting and loading more than the cowboy action so am still at it @ 64.
BF
started casting for my muzzleloader in 1972 still at it now I'm 68
I started strictly for muzzle loaders using a Coleman stove. Then by luck I hit a yard sale in the mid-80's. Seller was desperately trying to raise money to bail his wife out of jail on drug and check kiting charges. I got a RCBS pot, sizer with two dies, about a dozen tubes of lube, solder bars, 9MM and 38 Special Lee molds for $65.00. I was going to give him his asking price of a hundred but after my then wife offered 50. He countered with 65 I couldn't get the money out fast enough. If I had the money the seller also had a Class 3 Mac-10. The rest of his guns along with his pick-up were gone before I arrived.
After casting some 38's, shooting them, hitting the target and not seeing all the terrible barrel leading I feared. I knew I was hooked. If I only knew then how much I would spend on casting the next 25 or so years. I may have passed but glad I didn't.
I started casting when I got into machine guns in the late 70's. Ammo was cheap then but I really didn't get heavy into casting until 20 or so years ago. Now ammo is expensive and I shoot all my subguns with cast bullets unless they are subsonic loads.
NO LEAD THROUGH THE CAN!
The only jacketed bullets I buy now are 147gr 9mm, 380 and 45 auto for the subguns with supressors. Cast without supressor use.
I started casting for muzzleloaders in the mid 90's. Now doing 380 , 38 special/357, & 45 ACP. I'm 73 years old. Wish I had started much sooner.
Started loading in 78 and first started casting in 81. Few years ago really got serious about the casting. Jeepyj
Well, I did get older after responding to the original poll.
I still love casting boolits.
Ive only been at this seriously about 5 yrs .
There just weren't any optimal bullets on the shelf for a 45 Colts Blackhawk I had then. I was carrying it for deer season and discovered 2 nights before leaving that I had 8 rounds of factory ammo that shot well. I stopped off to pick up another $19 box ......... $38 for that box . That did it for me , 3 Lee moulds and I was off and running for all the pistols . That went so well I crashed horribly with rifles, I'm better now. I really like having having less $30/100 in the 1st 1000 rounds even with a new mould , brass and dies. Of course the the 45,40,38,9mm moulds along with a couple of the rifle moulds are long since well over the 1000 round pay off . I don't even sweat the payoff on a new NOE anymore, they pay off stupid fast when everything I load for has a $10 to 12/20 difference in price .
Started when I was 32, now 56
Just started to cast this year,I'm 44.
I think it was just a natural transition from reloading,why buy bullets,when you can make your own,and "save" all that money.
I'm addicted now and there's no turning back.I love it.
Looks like someone has started ANOTHER casters poll.
No idea what happened but what the heck.[smilie=s:
Started casting boolits in the early 1960s and still enjoying "THE SILVER STREAM" at age 79 so at the moment I am the OLDEST REPROBATE here.:bigsmyl2:
I started casting a few years ago, I can't say exactly how many as I don't really remember. Due to health problems I haven't cast any boolits in a couple of years, and just when I was going to get my casting bench back in operation another health issue pops up that will keep me away for at least another 3 months or so! :(
My father and I split the cost of a batch of used casting equipment (pot, lubrisizer, moulds, etc) in about 1973. At 90, he doesn't cast any more, but at 66 I now have time to cast more! Retirement has its advantages. :bigsmyl2:
Froggie
Started way back in the late 70"s casting frontstuffer balls. Did a lot of sinker casting through the years with just a cast iron pan, lyman dipper mold, and kitchen stove. The last yeae and a half I've been hanging out here has taken my casting to whole new levels. Found a used ladle pot here reasonable and started casting much more often as it was more convenient.
Started casting for a pair of Mosin' and a YUGO Sks, now sitting on about 14 molds, cast everything from .224 Bator to .444 marlin.
Summer and warm temps seems to see a slowdown, a return of cooler weather has me back casting, playing with new molds, new loads.
Can life get any better than this?
Started around 25, 29 now
I started about 25 years ago.
I am now 60.:cbpour:
I'm 65 now and have been casting boolits since 1964, that's well 50+ years. first bullets cast were .69 cal "skirt" based Minnie boolits in soft lead for a 69 smooth musket. If I'm casting and the daughters and/or sons in law are around they help. Have grand kids but at 4 and 2 they are too young to have close up casting experience. Eventually the kids will inherit all and can use or sell the tools and "silver" hoard as they see fit. 10
I started out in my teens casting RB's for me and my friends 45 cal. hawken rifles, we used a camp fire, cast iron skillet, and a old military spoon. That was the late 80's, every now and then I build a camp fire, and cast some RB's, and think of my ole buddy!
I am 60. Dad taught me how to cast in 1962, when I was 7 years old. I still use the 4 gang Lyman 452460, 356420 and a Modern Bond RN 357 that I learned with. I also have come by several more through the years. Take care of your molds and they will last a lifetime. Isn't this a great hobby?
I'm 62 and started casting in '68. Women, beer, cars, and rock and roll competed for attention but I stuck with it!
I started in my late 20's but am currently 32.
I started at 31 now 56. I enjoyed every minute.
I like to see so many of the young ones are into casting. It sometimes seams that today few are willing to do it themselves.
I started at 22 to feed a DW 445 SuperMagnum, still pouring the silver stream at 47.
I'm still a spry youth without much lead flowing through my blood yet. I'm 24, 25? I have a hard time keeping track, maybe I do have too much lead poisoning...
I've been reloading metallic since i was about twelve years old. I was taught at an early age, i would watch dad for hours and got the bug! I am new to bullet casting this year and i want to start giving that a try as soon as i get all my gear ready. I just need a few more things to get started. I am in search of a whole lot of wheel weights but no luck yet. They are hard to come by here. Can't wait to start producing boolits!
54, Been pouring for 37 years
Reload since 1995, started CAS 2012 and it was the reason to become a caster :-)
My first molds were Lee, prefer Accurate molds now!
Cast for. 357, .44-40, .45 ACP, .45 Colt, .454 Casull and .45-70 Gov.
I'm 51.
Started at 52, just turned 72.[smilie=w:
I started reloading and casting when I was 26 in the mid 80's when I was stationed in Germany. I'm still using some of the old molds I started with. Holy blackpowder roundball and conical. Plus a couple of others in 38/357.
I started in 1967, a single cavity Lyman mould #358157, a Lyman ladle and cast iron pot that my mom let me use on top of her gas stove. My best friend's daddy owned a tire business, unlimited free clip on wheel weights, those were good days. A senior in high with a 1955 Ford to drive.
I'm going to be 66 in a few days..... I can't believe that's 48 years ago. When you're having fun time sure flies! I still got that first mould too!
Gary
As far as bullets that was 72 as far as casting lead for sinkers and lead soldiers 1960
I cast my first bollits in 1964. Cast for a 30-06 that I purchased from Sears for $24.95. This rifle was in a trash barrel along with a couple of dozen or more, just take your choice. Also paid .25 cents for surplus 4831 placed in a paper sack. That been a while...............
Roy
Well I started reloading in February of this year at age 16. I recently aquired a japanese type 99 arisaka. After I was struck with reality about the ammo scarceness, I knew that I had to start reloading and figure out how to cast. I am pretty good at it and feel proud of my cast loads at the range. I have now become a frequent reloader and have started casting for other milsurps.[emoji4][emoji4][emoji4].
I started casting sinkers back in the late '70s then in 1982 I started casting boolits to feed a Dan Wesson .357. I layed off for a long time then a couple of years ago I bought out a friend who was getting out of casting, got a LAMII a couple of Lee 20lb. pots and a few other things and started casting again to feed my TC Contenders. I joined Cast Boolits a few years ago and have been trying to soak up everything I can. I belong to several other forums but this is by far the most informative, I sincerely appreciate all the knowledge and experience shared so freely by you veteran casters, thank you one and all!
Started when I was 20 now I just turned 30. I cast for everything I shoot.
When I got married (1962) and moved out on my own, Dads ammo was no more. It was an economic necessity for me to reload or give up shooting.
Still have my first pot and mould, along with several tons of lead and a fortune in tools. I'm sure I could have bought J words, but look at the life time of fun I'd have missed.
I started reloading in 1981 to finance my rec shooting as my budget was kinda tight in those days (USMC Cpl). Got introduced to casting a few years later by a Gunny in my unit and the rest is history. I'm 54 now so I guess it's close to 30 years I've cast my own. I'm at the point in my life that I don't do it for financial reasons but now purely for pleasure (and to be immune to the whims of crazy politicians). Without a doubt over 90% of all my shooting is home cast but could be 100% without if need be.
Semper Fi