Originally Posted by
JiriK
Thanks for your response.
I remember when I was casting those balls, there was some waste material that I had to remove from the pot. but not as much as when casting with other lead such as range scrap from our indoors shooting range (no jacketed bullets there, mostly .22 and .32 with some .38)
I melted the range scrap on other pot to keep the casting pot cleaner.
Good plan.
My clubmate roughens the surface of his projectiles with some metal mesh. He says it makes the balls fly better and be easier to handle with greasy hands. That step surely makes the sprue get really small, almost invisible. I´ll try that too. Buying balls would feel odd as I have casting equipment.
Never heard of that one, I have to admit, but I'm always ready to try something new. Here in UK I can make ball at a price of almost fifty to one over bought Hornady ball.
Only single cavity moulds for .330 so that is a bit slow but.. Long winter is just around the corner.
I know, I've been there!
As for the hardness of lead.. I have a little experimental hardness tester in mind. Drop a sharpened object on the ball and see how big dent it leaves. Will post results when I get it done.