Sig P229, Tonight on Top Shot

Great gun: I bet they'll have the SRT in the version they shoot though

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First casting session tonight.

Posted on the S&W forum also :

I started in `83 & wish my first 1s looked that good !!!

Your alloy temp looks OK , maybe too warm ,but the molds can get too hot & cause fillout problems also , by the pic it looks as if the far left Lachmiller boolit the mold may have been too warm (cookin the tin)
& causing poor fill out .

May I suggest a Thermometer to monitor the alloy closer ,the numbers on the dial are just for reference & as the melt comes to temp & the levels drop ya have to keep tweekin the temp down . Some build PID controllers but I never have.

As far as the wrinkles go on a preheated mold , it was either not up to temp (I like to start at 350f on steel molds, checked with an infared temp gun & 300 on aluminum).
Also the molds have to be free of any lubes ,oils or cleaners that will cook off or leach from the pores as it comes to temp & ya found the best way to do that CAST & get em hot !
Sometimes I smoke the cavity with a slightly visible coating of carbon from a butane liter , the spray release stuff will coat the cavity & lessen dia accordingly.

I like the lachmillers & my GPs do also !!
I have the 162 plainbased swc in 2 cavity & the 162 swc GCed in 3 cavity , both are quality molds !!

Here`s a pic of the 2 holer after a cleanin & some hot alloy .

Now the HP problem , I have no exp with MP molds or cramer style HPs but plenty with NOE molds & I usually smooth the pins as much as possible with 600 paper (carefully) to a shine , then after they heat up with the mold I barely touch the tips with a q tip that`s damp with Bull Shops sprue plate lube, or a synthetic 2 cycle ashless oil will do in a pinch ,but will have to be applied more often than Bull Shops lube .

I also touch the alignment pins & lube any moving part ,applied to the any surface then dried off lead will not stik .

But use any lube sparingly as applied & as the mold comes to temp or is to to temp alittle will migrate a long ways & we need to keep the cavitys free of anything .

Hope this helps .

GP

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Saw a nice 7 point tonight!

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We are at my wife's aunts house near buffalo ny and I saw a really nice 7point playing in the back yard with 11 other deer. It was last years rack! Any one seen one that long after fall?

I've been seeing a lot of deer lately while driving along I-70 here, not a one with antlers for a good while now. That sounds like an exceptional case that he has held onto his for so long.

All of ours around here are slicks that I have seen!

The sum total of intelligence in the world is a constant, the population is increasing.

All it will take is one good sneeze or one good breeze to knock them off, I'd bet!

The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
John Taylor - "African Rifles and Cartridges"

Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!

Some years ago I saw several bucks still wearing their racks in April in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Their biological clock is definatly different than the deer here in middle Tennessee. Some of our local bucks won't make it 'til January 1st with theirs.

I was stationed at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD in 1998. That year I saw bucks still carrying their antlers well into March. I thought that was odd too.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading
Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt"

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