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Col. Harrumph

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Either the bullet casters of yesteryear had hands made of tanned oxhide and thought insulated handles were for sissies like me, or they knew something I don't.

How do I deal with the handles on this thing? Welder's gloves?

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(It's a Winchester mould marked 32 S&W; throws an 85 gr. slug.)
 
If they made 12 balls that was probably a bunch for them. Plus they probably using a small ladle that only held enough for one pour so the cast time was longer.
 
From a total greenhorn of the casting hobby (waiting for my first boolit attempt) point of view, couldn't you pour the mold as it sits......let it cool.....then grab the handles and cut the bottom with a whack on something hard? Just asking. ;)

In for the education......
 
Texas10mm said:
Nope. The pressure of the lead going in will force the handles apart and distort the ball.
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If that's the only factor, then pouring while held in a vise should work. What other factors would make holding by a gloved hand the method of choice?? Guess I need to read a book on casting. ;)
 
A 1" diameter piece of hardwood, cut about 6" long, with a hole drilled about 3" deep in one end will work great. The hole diameter depends on the handle diameter about half way up. A step drill might work.

Have a blessed day,

Leon
 
What other factors would make holding by a gloved hand the method of choice??
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Nothing to me.
A gloved hand is a clumsy hand. With wooden grips on the mold I can pour bare handed, more safely and more accurately, then I ever could with gloves on.
The wood grips get your hands further away from the heat also and add to the leverage and coordination of what your doing.
 
GW Staar said:
From a total greenhorn of the casting hobby (waiting for my first boolit attempt) point of view, couldn't you pour the mold as it sits......let it cool.....then grab the handles and cut the bottom with a whack on something hard? Just asking. ;)

In for the education......
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It's necessary to get the mold up to proper
casting temperature (meaning HOT) before it'll produce good bullets.

This is usually done by pouring and dumping rejects back into the melt until the mold is hot enough to produce uniform, unwrinkled bullets with flat, well filled bases and lube grooves.
 
Swampman said:
It's necessary to get the mold up to proper
casting temperature (meaning HOT) before it'll produce good bullets.

This is usually done by pouring and dumping rejects back into the melt until the mold is hot enough to produce uniform, unwrinkled bullets with flat, well filled bases and lube grooves.
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Well that makes sense, thanks!
 
Swampman said:
It's necessary to get the mold up to proper
casting temperature (meaning HOT) before it'll produce good bullets.

This is usually done by pouring and dumping rejects back into the melt until the mold is hot enough to produce uniform, unwrinkled bullets with flat, well filled bases and lube grooves.
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I use a hot plate. That way I can preheat more than one mold at a time.
 
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