mgmorden
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Well, after melting scrap lead into ingots for a while, I finally got some monotype in to alloy with it. Went out and "played" some today. With the heat index it's over 100 degrees so I couldn't take the heat for very long, but I managed to cast about around 100 bullets before giving up and getting back in the AC .
Culled about the first 12-15 or so of them (mold wasn't hot enough yet I guess - was getting "wrinkled" bullets), but after that they started coming out clean. On a few I also noticed that I'd need to tap the mold on the table after dropping the bullets out to make sure it came back together completley straight.
So for right now, I've only got 85 bullets - not enough to do much with - but it worked as a proof of concept. Just need to wait on some clouds or something the get the temp down. I have a feeling casting is going to be more of a fall/winter thing for me .
PS these were cast from the dual-cavity Lee 125gr 9mm mold.
Culled about the first 12-15 or so of them (mold wasn't hot enough yet I guess - was getting "wrinkled" bullets), but after that they started coming out clean. On a few I also noticed that I'd need to tap the mold on the table after dropping the bullets out to make sure it came back together completley straight.
So for right now, I've only got 85 bullets - not enough to do much with - but it worked as a proof of concept. Just need to wait on some clouds or something the get the temp down. I have a feeling casting is going to be more of a fall/winter thing for me .
PS these were cast from the dual-cavity Lee 125gr 9mm mold.