old mossy said:Glad to see you hard at work OA.
I think we all went through the wrinkles with the Lee slugs and the right heat range.
Looking good OA. Any idea what shell you are going to put them in?
if you don't want to waist your propane you can just set the mold on the edge of the pot , I actually set it so the corner of the mold is submerged in the molten led and it gets plenty hot. Torches and hot plates are for heating iron molds, lee aluminum mold doesn't take much to get to temp, the 00 buck mold is tough because its so bigOhioArcher said:Again heated the two molds with my propane torch then started pouring.
the second the sprew solidifies its out of there, when its super hot I slow it down some because the sprew cut gets a bubbly void look in the cutOhioArcher said:How long do you leave each pour in the mold?
John A. said:If the slugs sit a little below the roll crimp and are loose, I remedied that by using these on top of the slug before you crimp them.
Plus, I kinda like them in other ways too. They'll keep some dust and other things off of everything and I know at a glance that they're one of my loads.
There are cardboard overshot cards too that are a couple dollars cheaper per 500 too. But I like the clear plastic ones really well.
http://www.ballisticproducts.com/12ga-C ... nfo/COS12/
oli700 said:if you don't want to waist your propane you can just set the mold on the edge of the pot , I actually set it so the corner of the mold is submerged in the molten led and it gets plenty hot. Torches and hot plates are for heating iron molds, lee aluminum mold doesn't take much to get to temp, the 00 buck mold is tough because its so bigOhioArcher said:Again heated the two molds with my propane torch then started pouring.
the second the sprew solidifies its out of there, when its super hot I slow it down some because the sprew cut gets a bubbly void look in the cutOhioArcher said:How long do you leave each pour in the mold?
you can use most anything for filler of space as long as you don't add significant weight, its best just to buy nitro cards to put under the slugs, 20 gauge nitro cards fit into most 12 gauge shot cups, if you get thick ones you can modify the height by peeling layers off of the card with your thumb nail