3rd Casting Session

Last edited by novalty; Today at 08:26 AM.

In my opionion frosting is not bad. I notice though that when I get frosting it is not to long that I need to let the mold cool a bit or I can get some smearing on top of the mold. I assume you are tying a piece of cloth over your water bucket with a slit cut in it to prevent the water from splashing on your mold when water quenching. Looks like you are on your way.

gmsharps

Yes, I took the cloth and covered most of a folgers coffee can and held it on with clothes pins, the cloth was drapped down so the bullets could land on the cloth and roll down unto the water. Didn't see any splashes, but boy do they sizzle when they land and stay on the damp cloth. Really going to hold off on the water dropping until I get a better handle on the casting, will try to devise a better bed to drop them into so they can air cool.

Will have to clean up both my Mihec mold though, as I managed to get some lead in between the molds towards the end and they weren't closing all the way--which resulted in a bunch of "finning."

Last edited by novalty; Today at 07:12 AM.

Those don't look bad at all. I'd shoot em! Doesn't really matter how they look as long as they shoot where you point.

When I water drop, I use a plastic coffee can filled almost to the top with water, figuring the plastic has enough give to allow some cushion when they hit bottom. So far have not noticed any deformations. When I air cool I have a box that I line with several layers of an old cotton bath towel. As the box fills up and I run out of room I just dump them into another box and keep going.

sounds like you are learning that controlling mold temperature is the most important part to making consistently good boolits.

it's all an educated guess,,,, till the trigger is pulled.

the more i find out about shootin boolits, the more it contradicts everything i ever learned about shooting jaxketed.

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Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt"

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