David,

Just a suggestion. If this is all you expect to cast either buy a Lyman electric lead pot or just a plain cast iron pot from Lyman or Lee or a 1 quart cast iron sauce pan. Fo just a few hundred over time the cast iron pot to use on your kitchen stove or gas camp stove will be most economical.

Pure Lead has a significantly higher melting point than either binary or tertiary Lead alloys commonly used for "normal" cast bullets. The Lee electric pots work well with alloys, but often they will not get hot enough to cast pure Lead.

Simply drop the round ball you have in the pot and put it on the stove until it melts. Flux the melt with a small chunk of parafin, Beeswax or bullet lube (expensive) stir and skim the dross then start pouring bullets.

Even though I prefer moulds from the major manufacturers they are relatively expensive. This is a place I would suggest Lee moulds strictly for cost. They also have quite a variety of Minie' moulds. The Lee moulds come with instructions which are sufficiently comprehensive to get you started.

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Gunsmithing since 1961