Mold mallet/ Sprue Knocker

[jmort]

"Mr. Mortimer, did you just make a pun? (gloved hand....out of hand)"

Tried to. People get so indignant and wound up over stuff that is really not important, one way or the other.

[detox]

My small plastic dead blow hammer melted very easily and cracked/shattered easily in the winter. So I purchased a Garland #8 weighted leather mallet to replace it. No more melting or cracking.

http://www.garlandmfg.com/mallets/rawhide.html

[Springfield]

My LEE 6 cavs I of course use the supplied sprue handle. With most of my Mihec, NOE, HM2, Accurate aluminum moulds I use my gloved hand to open the sprue and them a rawhide hammer to tap the handle screws to release the bullets, if necessary. I feel it gives me a better feel for how cool the lead is, unlike the hammer. And it probably is a bit faster because if the lead is harder then you probably waited longer than necessary. What no one has mentioned is, with softer pistol bullets like I mostly do the gloved hand is fine. If you are using a much harder alloy the hammer might be better.

[detox]

I use a welding glove to open sprue plate. Linotype is harder to open than softer alloys, but not too difficult.

[IllinoisCoyoteHunter]

I beat my molds like a red-headed step child.

[dikman]

What have you got against red-headed people?

[Doggonekid]

I think what he meant to say was a red headed step child is hard to beat. I wish I had one. I would teach him after casting 800 to 900 boolits and using a glove his hand would be too tired to hold his beer.