I hadn't heard about the wet cloth thing, Mike, I'll have to give it a try. I was having trouble casting minie balls the other day and found that if I actually put the sprue hole in the mould onto the spout tip at the bottom of the lead pot, the bullets filled correctly. I have had trouble casting hollow based minie balls ever since I started doing it. I think the hard part is replicating exactly from bullet to bullet how you fill the mould. I had far fewer rejections last time than ever before. I havn't tried that method with round balls but I suspect it worked better on the minie balls because it doesn't allow the lead to cool any before it hits the mould. Who knows? Anyway it worked for me last time and hopefully will next time, too!
Here's pictures of my pocket navy after I gave a new front sight, antiqued it and the holster I made for it. Still have to make a belt pouch to carry a few quick load tubes, lube pills & caps.
Steve
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