The long work weekend left me a bit tired but when I got home from work this morning I decided to cast some bullets for .38/.357 (a 158-gr SWC six cavity mold) and a 9mm (two identical 2-cavity molds dropping 124-gr LRN) and some .45-Colt (another 2-cavity mold) that drops a nice 255-gr wide meplat SWC .
The wheelweight alloy plus extra tin mix was absolutely perfect, and I had really good "fill" in no time (like maybe three "pre"-pours into each mold due to the fact that I pre-heated them off an electric heat element). And I kept the furnace temp hovering "just right" so that I could run multiple molds and not frost the bullets but still keep them dropping free right out of each of the four molds. The bottom pour Lee 4-20 lead furnace didn't drip a single drop, and the flow from it was perfect as you can see from my sprues.
Things happen during some casting sessions that can sometimes be less than desireable.
Today was not one of those days....
Everything came out just about perfect.
Oh... and I was drinking cold ass beer at eight AM out on my front porch while my three dogs kept me company.
The wheelweight alloy plus extra tin mix was absolutely perfect, and I had really good "fill" in no time (like maybe three "pre"-pours into each mold due to the fact that I pre-heated them off an electric heat element). And I kept the furnace temp hovering "just right" so that I could run multiple molds and not frost the bullets but still keep them dropping free right out of each of the four molds. The bottom pour Lee 4-20 lead furnace didn't drip a single drop, and the flow from it was perfect as you can see from my sprues.
Things happen during some casting sessions that can sometimes be less than desireable.
Today was not one of those days....
Everything came out just about perfect.
Oh... and I was drinking cold ass beer at eight AM out on my front porch while my three dogs kept me company.
