Quote Originally Posted by pastime View Post
Thanks for the responses. I am thinking about to getting set up to make .690 roundball and various sizes of 12ga. buckshot on a small scale. I am just looking for ways to keep the cost down.
You can even use an old soup spoon if you want to go open ladle ... BUT , a Casting Ladle like the one the one Lyman makes with the side spout is just so much better for mould casting ... they aren't that expensive .
Take a big old stainlees steel soup ladel , bend the handle horizontal and work a Vee shaped pouring place in the rim for casting ingots ...that's all good .... but for work with moulds the Lyman spouted dipper ladle will give you the Best results ... nice sharp bases and well filled out ...trust me on this one .
Gary