Bullet Casting Woes

[jmoore]

Reading some of the new literature that comes with the Lyman 4500 lubrisizer, they recommend keeping only those bullets that weight within 1/2 grain of the average weight in a session. That seems rather difficult to achieve, especially with multi-cavity moulds. But the voids in bullets that are 1.5 and 2 grains light ARE frighteningly large! (Have photos in the camera, but forgot to bring it along today.)

The new sizer is fine, but the new handle isn't any sort of improvement as far as I can tell. The big .43 Spanish bullets don't cycle nearly as easily as the usual handgun bullets.



The new mould handles are big! And they are just for regular old 2-cavity mould blocks.



Patrick if you are still reading this mess, I noticed your heavy duty sprue plate. What's it's main purpose? A couple or three possibilities spring to mind.

Also, beginning to wonder if keeping the pot at 750°F is a little cool for good fill with softer bullets.