BCRider
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Some round ball I cast up a while back has proven to be tougher to ram home than I would have thought. Then when I measured them I find that the .457" mold (Lee) is dropping balls that are more like .461 to .463 depending on where I measure across any given ball.
The mold is closing correctly. Minimal flash line that is barely able to be felt. So it's not that.
The alloy I'm using is the softer of the old scuba weights I've got along with some round ball of other sizes I can't use which I've gotten given to me or that came with packages of stuff. So the lead itself is pretty soft.
Anyone else found that their Lee molds are a bit off?
I don't really have a choice. I'm going to recast them along with some more oddball round ball with a .454 mold and hope that they come out at .455 to .457 so I don't risk bending or snapping the ram lever on my guns.
I've got to cast up some more to use in the SASS Canadian Nationals coming up this weekend. That's if they have a Frontiersman category at least. Only two of us registered so far for Frontiersman. I'm waiting on an email to see if we've got a category or not. Usually three or more are needed.
The mold is closing correctly. Minimal flash line that is barely able to be felt. So it's not that.
The alloy I'm using is the softer of the old scuba weights I've got along with some round ball of other sizes I can't use which I've gotten given to me or that came with packages of stuff. So the lead itself is pretty soft.
Anyone else found that their Lee molds are a bit off?
I don't really have a choice. I'm going to recast them along with some more oddball round ball with a .454 mold and hope that they come out at .455 to .457 so I don't risk bending or snapping the ram lever on my guns.
I've got to cast up some more to use in the SASS Canadian Nationals coming up this weekend. That's if they have a Frontiersman category at least. Only two of us registered so far for Frontiersman. I'm waiting on an email to see if we've got a category or not. Usually three or more are needed.