Hi, everyone -
I'm brand new to casting. I have a pair of Lee SWC aluminum dies in .44 Mag and .45 ACP. I'm ordering Lee's Bullet Casting Manual, but do not have it yet.
I have cast 100 or 150 "test" bullets, but get little "wrinkles" in the cone portion of the bullets. The moulds get warmed before casting & have been lubricated and the cavities "smoked" in a candle flame. It seems that the wrinkles are least likley to occur when the alloy is poured into the moulds quickly rather than more slowly. The alloy is fluxed whenever the gray film appears on the surface.
Any ideas and/or suggestions?
TIA,
R-Tex12
I'm brand new to casting. I have a pair of Lee SWC aluminum dies in .44 Mag and .45 ACP. I'm ordering Lee's Bullet Casting Manual, but do not have it yet.
I have cast 100 or 150 "test" bullets, but get little "wrinkles" in the cone portion of the bullets. The moulds get warmed before casting & have been lubricated and the cavities "smoked" in a candle flame. It seems that the wrinkles are least likley to occur when the alloy is poured into the moulds quickly rather than more slowly. The alloy is fluxed whenever the gray film appears on the surface.
Any ideas and/or suggestions?
TIA,
R-Tex12