March 14, 2013, 08:46 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: March 22, 2002
Location: In The Hardwoods
Posts: 1,188
|
Today's Effort
Cast maybe 40 pounds of these today.
44 & 45 45-265-K 44-250-K |
March 14, 2013, 09:20 PM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: January 7, 2012
Location: Auburn, AL.
Posts: 2,332
|
Nice ones! I'd sure like to run through about 40# this weekend too. It's supposed to be 78-80 degrees here both Sat and Sunday, so I'm hoping to get lots of time in the yard, watching those silver beauties stack up on the casting table. 'Gotta do a gallon or so of .44 balls too, for the 1860.
__________________
. . . Have a Colt and a smile. |
March 15, 2013, 04:37 AM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: April 8, 2000
Posts: 2,101
|
LAH,
those are some bute's for sure. One of these days I'm hoping to have enough experience to get my sprue's to look like those you have. Right now I could get that way unless I used a soldering iron and just melted it as I went. I'm lucky if I can keep them round and on top of the hole I'm pouring in. LOL I still get good bullets though and I guess that is the important thing right.....
__________________
LAter, Mike / TX |
March 15, 2013, 08:48 AM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 28, 2012
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 224
|
Who makes the mold handles for the 2 on the right of your picture?
|
March 15, 2013, 09:13 AM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: March 22, 2002
Location: In The Hardwoods
Posts: 1,188
|
Beagle333: It's not been 80 here since August for sure or perhaps an odd day in September. Be sure to show some pictures of the round balls.
Mike it's easier to make nice sprues with the Ballisti-Cast sprue plate {left two} because of the design. And the main thing is you have enough sprue so the cavity can draw from it when it contracts while cooling the first second or so. CS86: The handles on the left are RCBS. The handles on the right are Lyman. Ballisti-Cast sprue plate: |
March 15, 2013, 01:07 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: April 8, 2000
Posts: 2,101
|
Yep that plate sure would make it a bit easier than the standard type with just the counter sunk hole in them.
__________________
LAter, Mike / TX |
March 15, 2013, 03:03 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: August 23, 2011
Location: Trinity, Texas
Posts: 636
|
I cast that same bullet design in .358 for my 357 Ruger BlackHawk and Henry Big Boy. It's a Lyman steel mold, its heavy but works great. The bullets weigh in at 150 grains.
They are the most accurate bullets I've ever used.
__________________
David Bachelder Trinity, Texas I load, 9mm Luger, 38 and 40 S&W, 38 Special, 357Magnum, 45ACP, 45 Colt, 223, 300 AAC, 243 and 30-06 |
March 15, 2013, 06:29 PM | #8 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: January 7, 2012
Location: Auburn, AL.
Posts: 2,332
|
8 lbs of .454 balls
Quote:
They come out .4525..... 'seems pure lead shrinks just a bit. They still cut a ring when loaded into the 1860 though, so it's even better that they aren't .454....... less waste. I plan on firing up the big pot in the morning at daylight and dropping some .357 lead, if the molds cooperate.
__________________
. . . Have a Colt and a smile. |
|
March 15, 2013, 08:29 PM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: March 22, 2002
Location: In The Hardwoods
Posts: 1,188
|
Nice RB's there for sure. I'm casting in the morning also. Did firewood today.
|
|
|