I am so tickled with my Lee 4 20 afellow member who was kind enough to give it to me & it working today was my very first EVER Casting session & I have fell hook ,line, sinker
LOVE CASTING!!! I wound up with 342 .44 cal round balls before I even knew it
Great , that will be a lot of shooting with a cap and ball revolver , your going to have some fun !
just some info
put some type of weight on the handle about 4oz will do i use a U part of muffler clamp it will stop the DRIP_DRIP_ its not really problem if pot is not full but the drop pin is steel and wants to "float" in a full pot
too many things - - - - has it right, put some weight on that handle to help keep the 'Dripo-Matic' shut off.
If you can find an old spring handle off a wood stove, you can screw it to the valve on top and you won't need a flat screwdriver to adjust the flow or just give it a twist to help stop the dripping.
Clean ingots help a great deal with dripping and use only candle wax to seal your melt, keep the sawdust for the ingot pot.
It's a great little pot for the money, don't let anyone kid you about that.
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Not sure if it was mentioned but be sure to lube the pins the handle rides on, either aluminum or copper anti seize will cur friction on the handle. Only takes a small amount but prevents binding as the handle moves up and down.
trapper you are now a fledgling caster, Welcome to the group. I'm about 8 months into this and am hooked as well.
Very nice .... Congratulations and
Welcome to the addiction !
If your not careful , 50 years from now you'll still be excited about
pouring boolits !
I started in 1967 and still enjoy the hobby.
Scroll down to the bottom of this page and click on "T-Shirts Available Now" just above the word Cabela's ... they have some awesome Cast Boolits T-shirts , I bought one and it is really cool graphics and enjoy wearing it.
Gary
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I didn't know about the t-shirts. Thanks.
I tried to go to the t-shirt page, it's not working for me.
Leo
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