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jmoore Bullet Casting Woes 04-23-2013, 05:17 AM
Patrick Chadwick Broke one - and repaired it 04-23-2013, 01:10 PM
jimb16 I use wheel weights all the... 04-23-2013, 07:19 PM
jmoore Fortunately, it doesn't seem... 04-24-2013, 12:57 AM
Patrick Chadwick Do it. The steel is... 04-24-2013, 01:39 AM
villiers My problem is getting each... 04-24-2013, 02:40 AM
jmoore This pair appears to be cast... 04-24-2013, 03:17 AM
JasonA Casting issues 04-24-2013, 04:02 PM
jmoore Have lurked on that site... 04-25-2013, 12:28 AM
jmoore Some progress. From this:... 04-26-2013, 06:45 PM
villiers Just two further queries ....... 04-27-2013, 04:06 AM
Patrick Chadwick If you sent him a Cerrosafe... 04-27-2013, 05:25 AM
villiers Ok ... thanx Patrick. The old... 04-27-2013, 08:49 AM
Patrick Chadwick So do I. For the very same... 04-27-2013, 03:10 PM
jmoore I think that continuing to... 04-27-2013, 04:05 PM
jmoore Here's an odd question: Do... 04-29-2013, 03:32 AM
villiers This whole casting business... 04-29-2013, 09:47 AM
jmoore At this point, could it be... 04-29-2013, 09:59 AM
villiers I expect, at this point, it... 04-30-2013, 10:07 AM
Patrick Chadwick Patrick, I don't see (yet!)... 04-30-2013, 04:59 PM
gsimmons When throwing the duds back... 04-29-2013, 06:11 PM
jmoore Managed to cast bullets with... 04-30-2013, 11:04 PM
Patrick Chadwick Another argument against... 05-01-2013, 01:48 AM
jmoore Oddly, even though the... 05-01-2013, 02:21 AM
Patrick Chadwick Have you tried the Hornady... 05-06-2013, 12:42 PM
jmoore Have two boxes just for said... 05-07-2013, 12:46 AM
jmoore Couldn't find it, so bought a... 05-16-2013, 05:08 AM
jmoore Yee hah! Bullet mould handles... 05-06-2013, 04:57 AM
jmoore A decent casting session with... 05-16-2013, 09:36 AM
jmoore Reading some of the new... 05-20-2013, 11:54 AM
Patrick Chadwick It's a custom mould made by a... 05-20-2013, 01:31 PM
jmoore Photos of .43 Spanish bullets... 05-24-2013, 06:42 PM
Patrick Chadwick Interesting that the void in... 05-25-2013, 01:39 AM
villiers Looks like that mucky load of... 05-25-2013, 03:34 AM
jmoore Actually, after a brief run... 05-27-2013, 12:39 AM
villiers Good idea to clean the old... 05-27-2013, 03:21 AM
jmoore Appropriately, being this is... 05-27-2013, 05:04 AM
villiers Yes, I agree. It´s trying to... 05-27-2013, 02:44 PM
jmoore Remember that bucket of mud... 05-31-2013, 07:05 PM
villiers That target shows better than... 06-01-2013, 04:25 AM
jmoore No, but it's good enough to... 06-03-2013, 12:38 AM
villiers Am coming to the conclusion... 06-03-2013, 04:17 AM
jmoore Swaged pure lead bullets were... 06-04-2013, 03:00 AM
jmoore Dad-gummed capitalist swine!... 06-06-2013, 05:17 AM
villiers And to add to all the general... 06-04-2013, 04:22 AM
gsimmons Villiers there are people in... 06-04-2013, 07:45 AM
jmoore So what exactly is the bore... 06-04-2013, 08:39 AM
oldpaul I purchased these from... 06-04-2013, 01:45 PM
Patrick Chadwick Take a look at the Johannsen... 06-04-2013, 06:42 PM
jmoore Help me out here! Roughly... 06-05-2013, 12:46 AM
jmoore :confused: And this bit was... 06-05-2013, 05:12 AM
Patrick Chadwick Page 96 for Lee and p.100 for... 06-05-2013, 04:12 AM
villiers I´ll try and make exact... 06-05-2013, 04:50 AM
Patrick Chadwick That's why I go for "armory... 06-05-2013, 06:08 PM
Patrick Chadwick Total confusion - now sorted... 06-05-2013, 06:48 AM
villiers I always wanted to try my... 06-05-2013, 01:26 PM
Patrick Chadwick And did you believe him? 06-05-2013, 02:32 PM
villiers That was the basis of... 06-06-2013, 02:52 AM
villiers Would it be that difficult to... 06-06-2013, 10:07 AM
jmoore "Handles" referring to the... 06-07-2013, 12:43 AM
jmoore What's this "we're" comment?... 06-07-2013, 12:58 PM
villiers "What's this "we're" comment?... 06-07-2013, 02:36 PM
villiers Maybe we´re just too... 06-07-2013, 05:36 AM
jmoore Discovered that soft swaged... 06-10-2013, 03:08 AM
villiers 200! I´ve still got about 20... 06-10-2013, 07:04 AM
jmoore The larger expander ball... 06-12-2013, 05:16 AM
Patrick Chadwick I have a tool that might do... 06-12-2013, 07:54 PM
vintage hunter Do it look something like... 06-13-2013, 12:08 AM
vintage hunter Gave Patrick's theory a try... 06-13-2013, 12:50 AM
jmoore :dancingbanana: So what... 06-13-2013, 02:34 AM
Patrick Chadwick Yep, that's the gadget - I... 06-13-2013, 02:24 PM
jmoore Welllll...The larger expander... 06-14-2013, 04:16 PM
jmoore (See Post #64) Some recovered... 06-14-2013, 05:32 PM
Patrick Chadwick I'm not enough of a... 06-14-2013, 05:51 PM
villiers Those pics would seem to... 06-15-2013, 02:49 AM
jmoore Mmmm, a guarded "yes". But... 06-15-2013, 08:41 AM
Patrick Chadwick Yep, either will do. It was... 06-15-2013, 09:47 AM
Patrick Chadwick OK, just a hypothesis, but do... 06-16-2013, 07:29 PM
jmoore In the short term, yes. And... 06-17-2013, 02:57 AM
villiers Mine came out crisper when I... 06-17-2013, 04:16 AM
jmoore Had done that during the... 06-17-2013, 05:13 AM
jmoore One of the "overseers" of... 06-18-2013, 08:43 AM
Patrick Chadwick If it's like the redstarts in... 06-30-2013, 03:08 PM
jmoore The little brown bird family... 07-01-2013, 12:50 AM
jmoore Found an ingot of hard lead... 06-29-2013, 08:41 AM
villiers Am still just inches from... 06-30-2013, 02:20 PM
jmoore Some developments: 1:... 07-12-2013, 08:23 PM
jmoore Found some (500) hard cast... 07-13-2013, 03:12 PM
jmoore .44 and .30 caliber gas... 07-19-2013, 09:00 AM
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    Looks like that mucky load of old bullets would cause a thick layer of scum to form and impurities would almost certainly be responsible for the cavities. On another subject, I´ve found a cheap, simple gadget to get the bullets out of the grease so that the grooves remain filled. It´s more or less just an old case with the primer hole drilled out and a spring loaded plunger to eject the bullet once it´s been stamped out of the layer of grease.
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    Quote Originally Posted by villiers View Post
    Looks like that mucky load of old bullets would cause a thick layer of scum to form and impurities would almost certainly be responsible for the cavities.
    Actually, after a brief run wet in the vibratory case cleaning machine and a good hosing off they cast melt and cast quite nicely. Did a run of "155gc" .357 mag bullets using that very same bucket load Saturday. about 90% of the bullets were in a max spread of 1.2 grains. Good fill out but had some oversize and overweight for the nominal diameter. As cast they were about 0.362" at 164.4gr average with 388 initial "keepers".

    The .43 Spanish bullets were a mix of "pure" lead with some linotype added.

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