How soon to size after casting?

[Beagle333]

I cast in the cooler weather, and size just before I load. So it could be one day or five years.

For the most part..... same here. I'll cast a new mold in the summer, just 'cause it's new ....but most get used in the cooler weather and I just bag em up to size/lube/load later. (I cast outdoors)

[Papa smurf]

Papa Smurf here . I'm with LabGuy and been doing it that way for 50 + years .

['74 sharps]

When cool enough to handle, I'm good to go..........

[wallenba]

A couple of my rifle molds drop at my rifles groove diameter with #2 alloy. If I cast ahead of time, a few months wait will have them where I can size them .001 over.

[bikerbeans]

So the time to size a boolit is any time after it is cool enough not to melt the lube and before the Sun burns out in about 5 Billion years? I like this, no planning on my part is required.

BB

[Moonman]

NOTE!

If you're planning on using HI-TEK Polymer coatings, DO NOT SIZE until you've done the
first coating.

Sizing closes up the leads surface and inhibits good adhesion of the coating.

Cast-Coat/Bake-Size-Coat/Bake again, you're set.

[hickfu]

If I am air cooling my boolits then I will size them when ever I feel like it. If I water quench then I size right after casting.


Doc

[TCLouis]

I typically cast one night, size and lube the next and then set the boolits aside for a month or so.

[dh2]

http://www.lasc.us/SuperHard.htm
I am thinking the answer here is deeper than the way every one does it, I would think the place to start looking would be the Los Angeles Silhouette Club

[captaint]

Well, I air cool everything, so I just cast them up and put them away. When I want to load some up, I size & lube & load. Works. Mike

[Whitespider]

I guess I've never considered there was "wrong" time <shrug>
I've cast, lube-sized, loaded, and shot in the same day before.
This afternoon I finally got around to lube-sizing some Lyman #454190's I cast back in July... July of 2009‼
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