DANG! You boys who've been touting the Lee 6-cavity moulds KNEW what you were talking about! That's not the part that's surprising, though. What's surprising is how long it took me to try one. Well, that's over now, and I couldn't be more pleased. I scoured them with soap and water, then with Comet and a tooth brush, cleaned and rinsed them thoroughly, and coated the sprue plates with a very thin coat of anh. lanolin, and deburred the sprue holes and bullet cavaties with a triangular stone. I think I need to re-deburr the 45-200-swc, but the 38-158 RFN's dropped like there was something in the cavaties pushing them out. The 200's dropped pretty good, but took a few taps for them to fall. I used a very light touch with that triangular stone, so probably need to complete the job.
I figured the casting would be fast, and set up my hot plate with a cast iron pot and @ 60 lb. of my mix of WW's, linotype and pure lead, and had that melting and up to temp when the 20 lb. Lee Magnum Melter's level got too low to fish out a full ladle of lead. Worked like a charm, and I really turned out some bullets.
They take a good bit longer to heat up to casting temp, but I'll take that ANY day! I'm just glad I finally "discovered" the Lee 6-cavs! Thanks for the temptations y'all provide. Only problem is, now I need about a dozen MORE of these things! If there's a 12-step group for these things, PLEASE .... do NOT refer me to it!!! I'm quite happy as I am! Cheers, boys, and THANKS!