Hi guys.
Started casting two days ago for my 9mm
Got myself a Lyman 356402 120gr TC 2 cavity mold and about 80lbs of lead.
Cast 672 bullets on the first day, RESTED ON THE 2ND
Equipment used
Lyman mold
Cast iron pot
Gas stove (portable)
Soup ladle
Some things I've learned
1. Wear gloves(blisters on fingers and forearms)
2. Pot is too big or burner too small. After a bit the lead starts to solidify from the edges inwards. Used my forge burner to help the initial melt
3. I need a melting pot.
After casting and powdercoating(in itself something to learn) I weighed the boolits. They weiged in at 129 grains with and without PC. So this tells me that the lead is somewhat pure and heavier than the appropriate aloy.
Because of my lack of experience the boolits were coated very thick wit PC
Now to my question
Can I shoot these soft boolits without leading the barrel and damaging my new firearm?
Ive asked this question on a couple of local (South African) Facebook groups and got contradictory answers.
Some say because of the PC I can shoot without worries some state otherwise.
Whats your experience with shooting PC soft lead boolits.
I have been searching for Linotype here in SA but to no avail. Saw some from Rotometals but with $75 shipping it gets expensive.
Heres a pic of my first try at powdercoating...dont laugh hehehehe
Ps....had to go back and change bullets to boolits
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