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My rig, an RCBS Promelt Bottom Pour


A fresh pour into my 250gr flat point round nose .452 mold


Kicked off the sprue


Opened the sprue, removed the sprue material, and opened the mold to reveal.... BOOLITS!!!


Dumped out the BOOLITS!



LOTS OF BOOLITS!!!

Sure are purdy. Congratulations.

When I knock the sprue off, I put it straight back into the pot after each cast. Helps me to keep a more consistent temperature if I add just a little lead back each time instead of getting a whole pile of sprues built up and then dumping them all in at once.

Once my mold is hot enough to move the sprue plate with my hand instead of a mallet, then I just hold the mold up over the pot, twist the sprue plate and drop the sprue back in all in one motion.

Jumping Frog wrote:Sure are purdy. Congratulations.

When I knock the sprue off, I put it straight back into the pot after each cast. Helps me to keep a more consistent temperature if I add just a little lead back each time instead of getting a whole pile of sprues built up and then dumping them all in at once.

Good suggestion, Jumping Frog.

Also, if I may suggest...I can't tell if you did this, but...dropping them straight into a metal pan isn't really ideal (causes dents). I've always used a cardboard box with a folded up towel as a "landing pad" for my boolits (.58 minies, in my case)

P.S. - Congrats!!

Nice.....

I see you opted for the Lee handles on your Lyman/RCBS mold..!!
Thats what I use also...I like the extra length of the handles, plus the Lyman handles don't fit my hand very well.

I also like to use a towel to drop bullets onto.


Don2

Ps...I bought a 105gn .358 SWC mold to cast light 38 special bullets with the other day and will cast some tomorrow evening. Can't wait to try them.
Someone referred to them as "Bunny Fart Loads" on another forum

OldCannon wrote:. . . (causes dents). I've always used a cardboard box with a folded up towel as a "landing pad" for my boolits ...

Good reminder. Yes, I do that too. I've got an old towel that has been used for bullet casting for years. Needless to say, it is never going into the washer or being used for any other purpose.

AndyC wrote:Excellent :)

Now, how ya gonna size & lube them?

Lyman 4500 w/ heater will be here monday

Well AndyC, Now Ya Know

Don2

Somebody's been selling a lot of Coke bottles


Don2

APynckel , how do you like the 250gn bullets in your 45acp pistol??
I never shot anything heavier than the 230's in it.

Just ask'n

Don2

Don2 wrote:APynckel , how do you like the 250gn bullets in your 45acp pistol??
I never shot anything heavier than the 230's in it.

Just ask'n

Don2

They're not for ACP. They're for .45 colt.

I just realized you boolit makers are artists.

All that effort would be drudgery were I doing it and the results would probably be so-so at best, but you that do it with such enthusiasm, ah now, you're artists as the results testify!

Abraham wrote:I just realized you boolit makers are artists.

And like artists in any medium, we are proud of our work.

Here is some of mine:

They're gorgeous!

Rather than shoot them, they could be used as jewelry!