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?
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Originally Posted by edmehlig
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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?
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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 :cool2: |
I've always put them in a wooden box in the back of my SUV for a day or two, and it will flatten out the sprue from rolling around from driving. I like the tumbler idea though, I'll have to give it a try.
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Originally Posted by Wasatch
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I've always put them in a wooden box in the back of my SUV for a day or two, and it will flatten out the sprue from rolling around from driving. I like the tumbler idea though, I'll have to give it a try.
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 |
It looks like too much work for me, plus I don't like the texturing either. the Tumbler is the way to go. By the way what tumbler are you using?
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Originally Posted by edmehlig
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It looks like too much work for me, plus I don't like the texturing either. the Tumbler is the way to go. By the way what tumbler are you using?
https://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabe...Kit/731769.uts |
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 |
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. |
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