Looks good. How fast will you be pushing them? The bayou bullet coating can be had and it’s fairly easy to do.
Looks good. What weight are they? I assume that is one of the Lee Baltor Molds.
I sold my 55 grain 224 Lyman mold.
And bought a Mihec brass heavy 224 (227)
But have not cast with it.
Looks good. What weight are they? I assume that is one of the Lee Baltor Molds.
I sold my 55 grain 224 Lyman mold.
And bought a Mihec brass heavy 224 (227)
But have not cast with it.
That's not the Bator. It looks like the Lee copy of the RCBS 55 grain mold.
Your mold is the current mold offered by Lee, which is a copy of the RCBS mold. Lee at one time offered a mold referred to as the "Bator". I have a 6 cavity Bator myself. It's very different than their current offering. I also have the RCBS mold that inspired the Lee copy that you have. Both designs have a following of fans. I prefer the one like you have.Just a normal lee mold.
Your mold is the current mold offered by Lee, which is a copy of the RCBS mold. Lee at one time offered a mold referred to as the "Bator". I have a 6 cavity Bator myself. It's very different than their current offering. I also have the RCBS mold that inspired the Lee copy that you have. Both designs have a following of fans. I prefer the one like you have.
Interesting, im fresh into reloading metallic. I did a little shotgun reloading back in my youth, but no brass. Id like to see the difference in the molds. I got the lee because it looked like it would work and they had them in stock. Amazing how hard stuff is to find for 9mm and 223.
I'm having a little more success with the coating part, changed my buckets and got a tray and such. I only applied one coat to these and size/gas checked them. I think since my alloy is so damn hard it makes it really difficult to resize with two coats. Like I have to drill the stuck bullets out of the sizing die. Or maybe im doing them to thick. I do like this mold though, the gas checks snap on really nice and im hoping the factory crip die works well with the cannelure.
Are the wheel weights in ingot form or still as "wheel weights"? If still raw wheel weights, be sure not to use any zinc weights. Many currently available wheel weights are zinc. You can ruin your good alloy with zinc. If the linotype is pure, mixing it 50/50 with clip-on wheel weight lead will yield an alloy very close to "Hardball" alloy. Hardball is what I use successfully up to about 2300fps with conventional lube. Most lead stick-on wheel weights are close to pure lead and are soft. You should consider joining the Cast Boolit Forum for a wealth on information.
I've got about 350# of old wheel weights still in wheel weight form. I do have a couple ingots that already were made. Will keep a eye out for zinc when I smelt them down into ingots. I quench after casting and then after powder coating. They just turn to dust when encountering ar500.
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Mike, the weights have been sorted, no zinc or steel in them, it is a waste of linotype to use 50/50
Mike, the weights have been sorted, no zinc or steel in them, it is a waste of linotype to use 50/50
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