"Mr. Mortimer, did you just make a pun? (gloved hand....out of hand)"
Tried to. People get so indignant and wound up over stuff that is really not important, one way or the other.
"Mr. Mortimer, did you just make a pun? (gloved hand....out of hand)"
Tried to. People get so indignant and wound up over stuff that is really not important, one way or the other.
My small plastic dead blow hammer melted very easily and cracked/shattered easily in the winter. So I purchased a Garland #8 weighted leather mallet to replace it. No more melting or cracking.
http://www.garlandmfg.com/mallets/rawhide.html
My LEE 6 cavs I of course use the supplied sprue handle. With most of my Mihec, NOE, HM2, Accurate aluminum moulds I use my gloved hand to open the sprue and them a rawhide hammer to tap the handle screws to release the bullets, if necessary. I feel it gives me a better feel for how cool the lead is, unlike the hammer. And it probably is a bit faster because if the lead is harder then you probably waited longer than necessary. What no one has mentioned is, with softer pistol bullets like I mostly do the gloved hand is fine. If you are using a much harder alloy the hammer might be better.
I use a welding glove to open sprue plate. Linotype is harder to open than softer alloys, but not too difficult.
I beat my molds like a red-headed step child.
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I think what he meant to say was a red headed step child is hard to beat. I wish I had one. I would teach him after casting 800 to 900 boolits and using a glove his hand would be too tired to hold his beer.
Last edited by Doggonekid; 02-11-2015 at 12:26 AM.
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