casting

Just getting into casting again. I have a bunch of 5.56 cases I am turning into .300 Blackout. What's your favorite mold in the 150+gr weight for .30 caliber, specifically the .300 Blackout? I have heard the Saeco 175 is a good choice. It doesn't have to be the heaviest, just 150gr plus...

Hey all, Hope everyone's doing well. Alright, so I began my casting quest. Started accumulating pieces a few years ago and finally got my pot set up and all the needed tools. I made a few hundred .454 round balls with pure lead scrap a week or so ago and that went pretty well. Today I started...

Hey y'all, I figured I'd share a neat discovery I made today. I've been wanting to have some cast bullets for my Lebel Revolver which takes a .329 diameter bullet. I have a .356 120gr truncated cone mold, so correct weight but wrong size. Today, I realized that I could reduce my .356 bullets by...

I've been casting about a year, have cast maybe a hundred pounds' worth of ingots from wheel weights, using a Lee electric bottom-pour furnace. Today I was really on a roll, filling the little pot and emptying it 3/4 into the ingot mold and refilling again. I turned the temp up from my usual...

So, I’m reading up on bullet casting and I’m a little confused about something. Everything I read says cast bullets need to be sized before they can be used. Is that true even if they cast at the correct diameter? For example, if I buy a .459 diameter bullet mold and I want a .459 bullet do I...

In my casting adventures I have found it hard to keep up processing wheel weights and having enough lead to cast. It seems like as soon as I smelt it into ingots, I use it. I'm curious where you guys get your lead ( if you buy it, where is the cheapest place?) and how much you keep on hand in...

I am just getting bullet casting.. I am going to cast for .380 and 9mm. Since molds are expensive, what would you suggest for one I can use at the range and if needed, for self defense. I usually use a RN in the .380 and a FP in the 9, and a jhp in each for SD, but I would like to get a mold...

For those who would like a Visual Basic program that will compute alloy proportions, please see this link (@END) for a zip file that contains SETUP.EXE program to install my ALLOY PROJECT program. It works on everything from W2000 to W10 (I just tried it there with a "virgin" W10 machine...