Remember to keep lead away from water or moisture.
Remember to keep lead away from water or moisture.
Great job! Nothing like setting p and creating a good looking pile of boolits! Enjoy, be safe and have fun!
There is either powder coating or hitek for coating. I did both and preferred hitek coating. Nice looking pills!
You can never have too many molds. Just for my peace of mind, I quit counting at 12 molds, and that was 5 years ago...
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You will save some money by understanding heat control and mold lubrication.
I ruined a couple molds by running them too hot and not lubing the sprue plate and alignment pins during sessions.
Invest in the exact molds to get the desired effect and limit experimentation if you find one that suits your purposes.
Otherwise the addiction is STRONG!!!
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Would you believe my mother gave me one of her old cast iron pots to melt lead in ... Two big old cookie sheets to lay on each side of the melting pot ....And she let me cast on our/her gas cooking stove right there in the kitchen ... I ran the exhaust hood and cleaned up afterwards ...
That's what you call a good Mom and an A1 Enabler to her sons boolit casting hobby !
Gary
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Btw, what do you lube the sprue plate hinge with?
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from the picture, I see maybe your die half's are not mating completely. One speck of lead between the to half's and your boolets will not be consistent. Otherwise your on your way! use A TITE GRIP
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+1 on lubing spruce and mold pins and hinge it really helps i use 2 cycle oil. And take it from someone who has more than my fair share of burn scars you can't have to much protective gear. Be sure to use at very least large safety glasses face shield even better.
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 |