We graphite bird shot to make it flow better in the shot hopper and charge bar. Gets rid of clumping.
I tumble all the round ball castings I make, from #4 Buck up to .735 round balls in a Harbor Freight double chamber tumbler. About 3hrs. later you can barely tell where the flat spot was. On the larger balls, fifty caliber and up I sand the sprue bump off with a delta 1" vertical belt sander before tumbling. Gp
you can't cast a round ball without a flat spot there has to be some room for lead to go into the mold. i also use the lee mold for my shotguns. i do lube most of my shot because i don't always use a wad. i don't hunt and just shoot for fun and wads are an unnecessary expence. as long as they pattern ok then why worry about a little flat spot?
Red Bear, Ummmm, what do you mean? Certainly we can load shotshells without using one piece plastic shotcup wads...... but some sort of wad is essential.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |