Hi guys and gals, lang time lurker first time poster here.
Back late last spring I purchased a casting setup 2nd hand at a yard sale for what seems to have been an absolute steal. I got 2 lee 20lb casting pots some cast iron pots for smelting, approximately 75lbs of wheel weight ingots, 50lbs of roof flashing ingots, 50lbs of range scrap ingots, a NOE 432-265-RF RG2 mold, a lee 310- 430 RF mold, a lee 158-356 RF mold along with other various things for casting, sizing and PCing for a $150.
Anyway, I have been able to get beautiful boolits that works wonderfully in my 44 mag pistol as well as my muzzleloader in a sabot (took my first deer with a hand cast boolit durring KYs early BP season) I am still working on getting something to work out of my old micro grooved marlin 44 mag.
The main issue I've ran into is actually with the NOE mold. I can't seem to get the boolits to release leaving me with having to smack the handle several times with a broken wooden hammer handle to get them out. I have tried smoking the cavities (that works for 10-15 cast) using a toothpick to "polish" the edges of the mold and even using the liquid wrench dry lube (I read about that somewhere on this sight) but nothing I've tried seems to work. Please help me before I destroy this mold by beating on it to much!!
P.S. sorry for the novel. LOL