Gettin' wacky in my old age!

[Skip Sackett]

Been hot here. Hot for us anyway. Near 100 *F and nearly 100% humidity. That is a heat wave for us up here in the great white north!

I know my southern casting brothers are of a much stouter lot than I but still, needing bullets in the summer can be a bummer to work up!

I thought, well, it is 83*F outside right now so the garage is a bit above that at near 90*F but, hey, I need bullets and the stores are closed and they wouldn't have what I wanted anyway cause some hoarder just left with 5000 of what I usually get so...........Out to the garage I go!

Bullet of choice tonight to start with is the venerable H&G #68 from an original Hensley & Gibbs mould. After the pot warmed up, I cast about 1/2 of a Lee 4-20 Bottom pour pot's worth out in about 20 minutes. Yielded somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 good bullets. At 4 bullets per cast and the yield was good. Pleased to say the least.

Now, the mould for the Saeco 230gr LRN is warming up with a new melt in the pot. Be back in about an hour with some pictures.

 

[acl864]

100 degrees is hot I don't care where you live. It's only supposed to be in the mid-80's here tommorow. I've got my alarm set for 6AM- getting an early start helps.

 

[Skip Sackett]

100 degrees is hot I don't care where you live. It's only supposed to be in the mid-80's here tommorow. I've got my alarm set for 6AM- getting an early start helps.

Crazy like a fox my casting brother!

 

[Skip Sackett]

I think I will go shooting tomorrow. My casting with the Saeco didn't go too well, hot, tired and giving it up for the evening!

 

[lafayne]

I'm more crazy in my old age also. It has been over 100 every day lately and more of the same tomorrow...BUT, I am going shooting. We do have a couple of shade trees at the farm and I do have some ammo that is begging to be shot. It's good therapy after minor foot surgery today and before the colonoscopy Monday.

 

[Paul5388]

I went out today to try my new bipod on the .357 Handi rifle. It was steady as a rock and a max load of SR 4756 with a 125 gr Golden Saber was eating clay pigeons at 100 yards with every shot!

It's still 87 degrees here at 11:20 pm, but I have some painting to do tomorrow that will be under an air conditioner! It's supposed to cool off next week to the high 90s, instead of 100+. If I was casting, it would be in the loading room with A/C.

 

[Beans]

I cast in an unheated, uncondition garage sometime I run out of cast bullets in the summer time, such as now.
So I take a nap in the afternoon and then go out in the cooler night time and cast then. It is cooling down to the low 80's high 70's between 10:00 PM and 1:00 AM. I cast one night and then size and lube the next night. Retirement is Great.

Asleep by 1:30-2:00 am awake by 8:00 AM When it is range day I ge there around 9:00 AM

 

[DiscoRacing]

i cast all fall/winter... in hopes of having enough for the hot days

 

[cjw3]

My casting set up is in a metal storage building....no A/C.

Yep, I get all of it done in the winter and whittle away at the pile during the year. I have cut way back on casting regardless. Now, I only do .30 and 8mm rifle bullets and .32 bullets for .32 ACP and .32 Long.

It is bass-ackward logic on my part but I would just rather purchase the stuff I shoot the most (.38 WC, SWC & .40) than slave away over a hot lead pot to turn out the quantity of them I need. I also am getting wacky in my old age.

 

[Andy Griffith]

Does it take less energy to get the lead pot up to temperature when the ambient temperature is above 100F?

 

[acl864]

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[JD 500]

Does it take less energy to get the lead pot up to temperature when the ambient temperature is above 100F?

Now THAT"S lookin at the bright side !

Something about lemons into lemonade ?

 

[novalty]

That is wacky. You have kids, and not making them cast bullets in the garage for you, while you enjoy the a/c inside. Crazy stuff