I did it finally. Last night I got home from work and fired up my brand spanking new minimag pot, let the shipping oils burn off, loaded it with several ingots of WW's I had smelted down the previous weekend, added about 2% tin and waited for it to come to temp. It did.
I took my brand spanking new casting ladle, dipped it in and got mush. Then I realized I needed to settle the ladle in it for a moment in order for everything to come up to temp. It did.
I took my brand spanking new Lyman mold 429421, 245g SWC 44 mag, put it against the ladle and poured, and poured and poured. I think I had the biggest spru one has ever seen! The first couple of bullets which came out looked like the Olson twins! One kinda anemic and the other not much better. I kept casting until the mold warmed up. It did.
Then the magic started - I started dropping the purdiest boolets I have ever seen. Driving bands were perfect. Shiny in color. It was amazing. I took my place in line with every frontiersman, hunter and soldier who's ever had to cast their own. I didn't want to stop - the bullets kept dropping out one after another just perfectly.
After I don't know how many minutes I had stopped and had 60 perfect bullets. I couldn't wait to try them, so I set up my brand spanking new Lubisizer 4500, proceeded to fill it, my hands, the table, a couple of rags and a little of the floor with Super Moly Lube. Eventually I got it all figured out (it was harder than casting!) and started popping in the bullets and applying perfect lube in the perfect goves. I set the old and well used press up for 44 mag and lo and behold! I had no 44 mag cases! AUGHHH! So tomorrow, I'm going to the range, blasting through a bunch of 44s, take the cases home, tumble them, and load em' up with my brand spanking new purdy boolets! Maybe before the end of the week is out I'll get back to the range and try them - I can't wait.
I can see this getting to be very very addictive!
Thank you folks for all your patience and help in getting me this far. I really appreciate it. Thanks again....