Well, just another newbie story about my first casting session....I got my Lee Mold a few days ago....its the .459-405gr-HB for the 45/70. I had about 300 lbs of wheels weights already cast down into 2.5 lb ingots (did that while I was waiting for my mold to arrive). I read a lot about the Lee hollow base bullet molds....seems sometimes its hard to cast a good base with this mold SO.....I filed the hollow base pin flat....After getting the old Coleman stove fired up, getting everything up to temp, I cast the first dozen and put them directly back into the pot (figured it would take a few to get he hang of it)....Then I cast 55 more "good" ones.....just wanted to see how I could do....Out of that 55, seven were rejects, the other 48 were excellent!! Filing that HB pin out of the bottom of the mold made my bullets jump from 405 gr to 416-418 grain.....checked the base of all 48 with a micrometer and they varied from .460-.463....pretty consistent IMO....The only thing is that the noses of some of the bullets seem a little rough,...kinda like the sprue plate is roughing them up a bit in the sprue cutting process....any ideas how that can be fixed???....Other than that, had a great time casting, cant wait to do it again....Nice shiny, well filled out bullets are pretty!!! LOL....