Educate Me On the Art of Casting Bullets

[Rollbar]

Thanks you, thank you.

Jim

 

[Maximumbob54]

One other note that someone here was kind enough to educate me on not too long ago.

The Lee tumble lube bullets can't be driven too fast. They don't have enough of a "driving band" in front where the rifling first engages the bullet's sides. Since the whole section of the bullet that the rifling touches is ridges for lube they don't have a section for the rifling to bite into and start that twisting. Just push them slow to start and work them up and you will find how fast you can push however hard of an alloy.

You will work this all out in time and just like I still have to from time to time, feel free to come back with questions.

I forget who told me that, but thank you once again. That did solve my problem 100%.

 

[Krell1]

Very time consuming. I was going to start and collected a lot of scrap lead to get going. Took it all out to an open area and melted it into ingots and ended up with around 2000 lbs. Watched a friend doing it and decided to give the lead away after seeing what it took. Also, be mindful of good ventilation. Had a friend a while back that didn't have a good fresh air source and had a pretty bad case of lead poisoning. He was casting a lot more than I ever would but you've got to take care. I'd just find a good supplier of the type of bullets you want and buy them. reloading takes enough time as it is. Just sayin IMHO.

 

[Rollbar]

Where do you buy your lead (if not gotten locally/tire shop), and, time wise, is it easier to buy it pure than going through the slag ?

 

[Tex1001]

The 220 volt pots are for foreign use. They can be used here on a 220 volt circuit, but you won't gain anything on melt time or temp control.
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[mtgianni]

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