yes , thoughts for buckshot making? I have been pondering this.. when an what to buy
You will need a electric melting pot. For most people a ten pound pot will work.
I have a ten pound pot and will be buying a twenty pound melting pot.
Thw bottom spout makes it easier.
A set of molds and handles.
Safety glass are a must, a splatter of 600 degree melted lead in your eye will blind you.
Even a drop of sweat in the molten lead can be devastating.
YouTube has some decent videos on casting bullets & buckshot.
Then you have some videos that shouldn't be out there for people to watch.
It will take a little bit of time to recoup the initial cost after buying the necessary equipment to cast. But your shotgun shells in #00 buck will always be available when you need them.
Plus you can cast shotgun slugs as well.
You can cast pistol and rifle bullets, blackpowder balls and conical.
I have a lot of pistol & rifle bullet molds and just bought two diving weight molds.
The spew you cut off the buckshot goes right back in to the melting pot.
And never run the melting pot empty. Any contaminated material floats to the top of the lead that needs to be skimmed off with a spoon.
Leaving an inch or so of molted lead in the melting pot makes it quicker to get the next batch melted faster then starting with an empty pot with fresh ingots.