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Got it! Thanks gents

Thanks fellas. I'm pretty new to this so I very much appreciate your input.
I may indeed have been speeding up as the session went on. May have had some to do with the frosting.

Mold is an iron...

Thanks pworley1.
I'm curious as to what caused the second half of the pour to frost

Wait... For the sake of clarity, Land_owner and stopsign32v:

Are you saying the same, or opposite things??

What's the consensus? As my lead pot got low the temperature of the alloy had dropped?...

Drat!#$!
I had a 50:50 chance of getting that one right and.. no.

Thanks LO and a happy 4th to you and yours.

Casting today and the results are in the pic. Those in the foreground are from when the pot was full, as the pot emptied I noticed the bullets were coming out frosted and you can see those in the...

Thanks all. Tried it today with Smoke's powder and indeed it works.

Appreciate that!

Thank you

Is this mold casting solids only?

I'm interested in #2, can you give me a little more info on it please?

I've run out of the black airsoft BBs. I seem to remember reading here somewhere (though now I can't find it) that folks were having good results shake and bake method without using the BBs.

Is...

Impressive!

ChristopherO,
Will do.

Jedman,
That's what I like to hear. Good job.

Tripple,
Yowza! Borrowing a phrase from another poster, the rabbit seems "suitably impressed."

Thanks fellas for all your input. I cast another batch using a 30:1 binary alloy and I plan to put a few of them through this .44 SPL.

Fatnhappy, "suitably impressed".. haha. I may have to borrow...

https://i.postimg.cc/Pq6RB18N/PXL-20220624-033840749-2.jpg

What are they?

farmbif,
That's strong endorsement! If you're willing to share I would be interested in hearing about your alloy, game species, velocity, distance, etc

Thumb,
Appreciate that.

Ernest,
Thank you for the info!

Larry,
Thank you for that thorough reply.
I cast these of 3:1 lead:lino with tin added. I think the blend is something like 95% lead, 3% antimony, and 2% tin. Or thereabouts.

Cast a few of these up. 12bhn.
I've never tried them hunting.. hoping those of you who have might share your experience.
Thanks

https://i.postimg.cc/FFgVgh1T/PXL-20220621-022710177.jpg

Good stuff, Hick. I appreciate your response

I suspect this has been gone over thoroughly, apologies in advance.. but I can't seem to find the info I'm searching for.

Has anyone tested accuracy through the same gun and same load: gas checked...

Bigslug,
Solid info/advice and I thank you again, sir.
Casting pure lino is impractical for me as I only have the one pot. Additionally I have no intention of shooting pure lino.
So I've come up...

Charlie
It's a 4 cavity iron mold from Lyman.

Bigslug,
I'm coming to the same conclusion.