Well I finally received my mold. It has been a long ride, over a year since ordered and returned twice for corrections. First was sprue plate was made wrong (thing it was old stock that they assumed would work. It's holes weren't even close to center of the cavities. I returned it and the new one was perfect. Next the mold would not close all the way. it was close and I thought it may not effect the bullets but it did. Off it went back again.
Back it came and all looked good so I fired it up. Man does this thing crank out the boolits.
I didn't want to be hitting the sprue with a lead hammer because I find this the most tiresome part of working with big molds. I thought it out and came up with a cam wheel that with a lever very easily and quickly cuts the sprue. Another bonus is that I used a large piece of aluminum plate as the base which seems to help keep the mold temp under control. I've been casting hot, about 750' and the plate gets very warm as I'm casting. I didn't get any frosting and was able to keep a steady quick pace.
Anyway, here is a link to my youtube vid of both in action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1bp...ature=youtu.be