New Roundball Mold, Casting Session
#1
New Roundball Mold, Casting Session
I decided to pick up a New Lyman .495 Roundball Mold since that is the Size Ball i am Shooting so well in this New Green Mountain .50 Cal, I had 2 Brand new Boxes of .495 Speer, and Hornady Swaged Balls, I melted them Down so I could Re pour Higher Quality Balls, Their Quality control just isn’t up to my Standards, Both brands of Swaged Balls Varied as much as 2 and 3 Grains of eachother, That is Unacceptable to me.
This one
Once i got the Mold up and Running good it Casted REALLY Nice Consistent Balls, They all weighed within 1/2 Grain. 184-184.5
This was just a Small, Quick Trial Run. I wasn’t at all excited about the Sprues, they were gonna have to Go!!
I dare ya to find a Sprue on 1 of these Now After some sweet talk, and a little persuasion, They Finished up REALLY Nice FAR FAR better than ANYTHING i can Buy, be it Cast, or Swaged.
This one
Once i got the Mold up and Running good it Casted REALLY Nice Consistent Balls, They all weighed within 1/2 Grain. 184-184.5
This was just a Small, Quick Trial Run. I wasn’t at all excited about the Sprues, they were gonna have to Go!!
I dare ya to find a Sprue on 1 of these Now After some sweet talk, and a little persuasion, They Finished up REALLY Nice FAR FAR better than ANYTHING i can Buy, be it Cast, or Swaged.
Last edited by Idaholewis; 10-08-2019 at 08:55 PM.
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 531
Lew, as usual, you cast great looking bullets! Curious do you cast filling both holes and do you find they both cast the same? I don't know if I'll ever get into casting for round balls but how did you eliminate the sprue's on them?
#3
Yes, inquiring minds want to know. My Lee molds cast nice bullets and hardly any sprue. The Lymans leave a bit more.
#4
2 ways that I know, and have done to get rid of the Sprue, Roll them Between 2 Steel Plates, or a Vibratory Tumbler with No Media in it (Brass Tumbler) I prefer my Tumbler, I like to ad some powdered Graphite to the Tumbler Bowl as well, This Turns the Balls a Shiny Black, and also gets them Really Slick. It only takes an Hour in my Tumbler and they are Done
#6
Check this Guy’s idea out I don’t understand his thinking on Texturing the Ball Though? Nothing about that part looks good to me. If i were to try this, I would use a Smooth Plate. I can see how this would work good, Just Slow handling 1 at a Time.
http://www.forth-armoury.com/instruc...ll-roller.html
#8
https://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabe...Kit/731769.uts
#9
Look at the Reviews on my Tumbler Above, out of 446 Reviews it gets a SOLID 4.8 out of 5 Star Rating.
Some of the Big Blue Tumblers (Cant Remember brand?) Probably Wouldn’t work worth a Darn with Lead Balls? They have LOTS of Cusion, Spring in them, You can easily move the Bowl around by Hand, Totally different feel than This Cabela’s Vibratory 400 of mine, this thing is RIGID, Well Built
Some of the Big Blue Tumblers (Cant Remember brand?) Probably Wouldn’t work worth a Darn with Lead Balls? They have LOTS of Cusion, Spring in them, You can easily move the Bowl around by Hand, Totally different feel than This Cabela’s Vibratory 400 of mine, this thing is RIGID, Well Built
#10
I’ve never seen that. I’ve read where some shooters would rough up the ball so it would stick to the patch better so it wouldn’t slip in the patch going down the barrel once fired. I guess they were never lucky enough to dry ball a load and have to pull a ball out. The patch material leaves a pretty good impression in the ball.