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These are what I produced in 3 hours and 45 minutes of speed casting, including a couple of short breaks. Each quart container holds about 525 boolits. That’s nearly 3000 slugs, casting quickly but not furiously; three or four casting cycles per minute, dropping six at a time, pausing to refill the pots and adjust the towels. Set up, tear down, sorting, and clean up time makes for a longer day but require little concentration (read: time for a beer).
Occasionaly I’ll have to give the hinge pin a rap when boolits won’t shake out, but my last run did not require it, and nearly all of these passed inspection, given their intended purpose of Cowboy Action Shooting with its large, close targets. Of course, with conventional molds, you’ll need the stick to open the sprue and loosen stubborn bullets.
I confess that when I first started casting a few years ago I battered and abused my molds out of frustration; half my bullets had fins and feathers and hollow bases, and I questioned whether this game was worth the candle. Turns out I just hadn’t done enough homework. It is my hope that the beginning caster, in reading this, might avoid a few of the mistakes I made, and so save your time, molds, and temper.
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