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I keep the lip and gasket clean. That and the occasional use of a bit of lubricant on the gasket makes it easier to snug down the lid (by hand) to avoid leaks.

My APP is attached to a length of 2”x3” that has pre drilled bolt holes, allowing me to clamp or bolt it to a bench top wherever I want to use it.

I haven’t ever used the catch bottle: I process...

I’ve never understood why some are obsessed with having shiny bullets. My aluminum molds cast best when the boolits have a slight matte frosting on them; I see that (running the PID at 730°, even...

So if you don’t like the look that comes with higher alloy temp but don’t get the fill out you want at lower temps, maybe a bit more tin is in order at those lower temps?

I’m no black powder shooter, but I do know that, for a given weight of powder, grain size affects the available surface area when the powder starts and then continues to burn, with smaller burning...

Priorities…

I started casting because I’m a cheap SOB, continued because it was fun learning a new skill (still a novice imho) and do it now in retirement because it passes the time.

But I...

What with not being able to weigh or examine the item (descriptions can be inaccurate), costs like shipping, and the fact that the asking price reflects the perceived value of the object, not that of...

If you want exact content because you want to make exactly the same composition alloy over multiple batches using varied source metals (because your application demands it, because you’re OC like me...

I can also vouch for these designs and molds. The 147, especially, is the go to for me and a friend for the Action Pistol sports.

JB Weld or pinning are the two approaches I’ve used successfully.

I’d guess RotoMetals buys tin directly from the refiner which they then sell to the public. A hardware store buys the solder from the manufacturer who made it with tin they bought from the refiner.
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Also an issue with other action shooting sports, especially the pistol games. Lots of rounds go down range in both practice and matches. That means progressive presses are used to crank out hundreds...

Bayou Classic Jet burner with the solid steel bar frame for me. Effortlessly holds my half 20# propane tank pot with 240-250# of alloy.

I went from buying jacketed to plated to conventionally lubed cast to coated cast when I started reloading pistol rounds in volume (basically I was going for less expense and reasonable accuracy for...

You forgot the lead…

Actually, I’d start with a certified bullet casting alloy, despite the much higher cost vs scrounged lead, tin and hardeners: it eliminates a set of variables as you go...

So you mentioned a casting time availability issue.

I’d go for more cavities: you’ll get 50% more bullets per pour with a slightly longer cycle time (more hot lead in the mold and sprue means the...

Then maybe some other factor I don’t recognize accounts for my results.

I shoot gen 3 9mm Glocks with cast sized to 0.357”. The same rounds, loaded on a SDB, worked in all of them, with the single exception of the replacement “Marksman” barrels, that require a slightly...

From personal experience, a half 20# propane tank pot will hold 250# of lead, if level, and leave enough space above the melt for careful fluxing, skimming and ladling without spillage from sloshing....

Opened the door, turned on the light, stared at the mess on my bench, then turned right around, turned out the light and shut the door.

Naw, I sorted brass.

Wow, my stock is mostly VV powder, some of which is more than ten years old, but I’ve never had any powder go bad on me (stored costly in moderate temperatures and humidity).

I agree with BMI on...

Not the same problem but I had very stubborn galling on a brass sizing carbide ring. It took diamond paste on an oversized bore pellet spun VERY BRIEFLY on an electric drill to remove, and a second...

I can confirm that my HiTek coated 147 gr 9mm bullets get more velocity from a given powder charge if they have a lube groove vs similar designs of same weight but slab sided. I also assume that’s...

I have noticed that brass that’s been sitting with caked on mud or in puddles on our range (gravel base, sand berms) will often get purple areas in a pattern matching the mud covering or partial...

Gold painted lead strikes me as more convincing (so long as some wise guy doesn’t test the density).