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Kevin, I put them in the pot at casting temperature. There's was no more spatter than when I drop my rejects in. The lube came right to the surface and started smoking and stinking. Pretty painless,...

Well, just got done doing some casting. Dropped them in the pot about 5 at a time. Everything was fine, though they did smoke something awful. Thanks for the encouragement gentlemen.

As for the...

Haha, maybe so. They are spire point 44 caliber. I got them in a trade, and don't have a proper 44 seating stem to load them. But you do make a good point.

Also, I don't think I'll toss them in...

Hello all,

I have a question that has probably been answered in the past, so my apologies if the answer was hiding in plain sight and I missed it. Here goes:

I have about 100 commercially cast...

I'm fairly new to casting, only a couple of years and not too consistently. After starting on a drippy Lee bottom pour, I recently bought a nice Waage pot and have switched to ladle pouring. I get...

My confidence is bolstered, thank you sirs! Now to the range to practice, practice practice. I'm thinking my chances of getting one are low, as I didn't grow up in a hunting family, and there's not...

I think that's about right, DougGuy. I'm hoping to use a Freedom Arms 97, but if I'm not comfortable enough with that, I'll use my Rossi 92. I'm in the Seattle area, and most the places I've scouted...

Thanks for the answers, gentlemen. I'm glad there is approval, and now I will just keep practicing. I should note that I see that I accidentally grabbed the wrong picture and the bullet I will be...

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I would be loading it in a 45 colt behind a healthy dose of unique, 10 grains or so. I know the name of the bullet is the 453-210gr, but if the bullet actually weighs out to 240gr with my...

I'm not the most knowledgeable, but I think that's for a paradox revolver. One that is part smooth bore and partly rifled so you can shoot shot through it.

Hello Powder Coaters,

So I just started casting late last week. I put a post in the general section, so I won't bore you with all the details. I decided I wanted to go the powder coating route...

Alrighty,

I fired up the pot yesterday during the day. Same alloy as last time, range scrap, as I have lots of it. I decided I would give the Lee 6 cavity mold a rest and I would try and RCBS...

A brief update for those who are interested.

A minor tragedy befell me. I realized as I was cleaning things up that I had boogered up one of the alignment pins on my mold. I'm guessing that in...

Hello Powder Coaters,

I have some questions about when to size my bullets. I'm new to this whole process, having cast my first bullets on Friday. I have been intending to go with powder coating,...

That's great advice John. I think I understand what you're saying about the sweet spot. I had read about the relationship between the heat of your alloy and the heat of your mold, but it didn't make...

Alright John, I'll send 'em all your way.

Yeah, who am I kidding. All night while I was working, I was thinking about casting. I can see I already have the bug. It was a lot of fun, and just...

Thanks for the encouragement. You all are some fine folks. I am using range scrap ingots I bought from a local guy. For the foreseeable future I'll be buying ingots, as I'm not ready to jump into...

Hello CastBoolits crowd.

I've lurked for a while and am a member of some other gun forums. Had a hankering to start casting when I started shooting, but it took quite a while to get over my fears...

Thank you for the answers, gentlemen. I'm glad to see that it makes little difference. That takes the pressure off somewhat. I guess nothing to do now but just start casting.

Greetings Casters and Coaters,

I am curious about the results or differences between different lube grooves, mainly the tumble grooves vs the traditional style in relation to powder coating. I am...