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It's cool outside and I'm finished with most of my projects.
Now it's time to "Cast Bullets"...

I bet a lot of Texans do this, I wait until it's cooler outside like now and make up most of the bullets I will need for the coming year or there abouts...

I need almost everything especially 38/357 bullets and 45's.
This is "some" of what I made last time.
Some are not lubed, some have my home brewed red lube, and some have Alox.

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Have fun
Don

Pretty bullets ! I'm OCD so I love to cast , there is no stopping point , LOL . What kind of alloy are you using ?

I have also been waiting for it to get cool. I am taking some vacation time the last two weeks of this year (only 2 days left to work . . . today and tomorrow). I intend to first clean and organize the garage. Then I am going to get started casting again.

chuck j wrote:Pretty bullets ! I'm OCD so I love to cast , there is no stopping point , LOL . What kind of alloy are you using ?

I collected wheel weights for years, I'm glad I did because of the new metals they use now..!!
I have a BUNCH of ingots I made once I melted & cleaned the WW's.

It's not going to last too much longer, so I'll have to go to plan B.

Don2

Don2 wrote:

chuck j wrote:Pretty bullets ! I'm OCD so I love to cast , there is no stopping point , LOL . What kind of alloy are you using ?

I collected wheel weights for years, I'm glad I did because of the new metals they use now..!!
I have a BUNCH of ingots I made once I melted & cleaned the WW's.

It's not going to last too much longer, so I'll have to go to plan B.

Don2

Yea I use cww too , I only load pistol now . I'v been using range scrap lead and it's been working fine in my pistols up to 9mm . I have no way to accuratly test the hardness but no leading at all . I agree wheel weights are getting hard to come by at a price worth going to the trouble of smelting . You might experiment with the range scrap ? I have about 300 pounds of wheel weight ingots but I'm trying to stretch them out . Good luck !

What? You don't like beads of perspiration falling off your head into molten lead during the summer?

AlaskanInTexas wrote:What? You don't like beads of perspiration falling off your head into molten lead during the summer?

Just a little sizzle. No problem.

AndyC wrote:

Don2 wrote:It's cool outside and I'm finished with most of my projects.
Now it's time to "Cast Bullets"...

You had to mention this just when I'm feeling lazy, didn't you?

Sorry man....
You should be chomping at the bit with the new molds you bought..!!!
All I have is my old ones.

I can't walk too good right now, So I might as well sit and pour....I have a big blister on my foot I got wearing some new shoes walking with my Grandson all around the property the other day.....It was fun until the blister.

Don't you feel sorry for me??

Don

Don2 wrote:

chuck j wrote:Pretty bullets ! I'm OCD so I love to cast , there is no stopping point , LOL . What kind of alloy are you using ?

I collected wheel weights for years, I'm glad I did because of the new metals they use now..!!
I have a BUNCH of ingots I made once I melted & cleaned the WW's.

It's not going to last too much longer, so I'll have to go to plan B.

Don2

Find a berm to mine.

I got about 80 lb of Pb from one trip at one time. I think I invested 2 to 2.5 hours total digging time. Skimming all those jackets, now that blew.

To the OP;

Nice lookin' slugs. I see the tumble lube but what did you use on those soup cans? They look reddish colored in your pictures.

I'm so far out in the sticks that there isn't a shooting range for many miles..!!!
If I could get to one, I'd mine it all day.
AND, Like Andy said, I'd sell the jackets. I keep and sell all my bad brass and spent primers.
I use to save gallons of 22 lr brass...But it's kinda hard to find these days at a price I'd pay.
I wish I could still find them at Walmart for $9.98 a brick.

Months before the 22's got hard to find, I was buying a brick or two every time I went to Walmart.
I think I still have 10 - 550 packs left. Me and my Sons use to shoot a pack or 2 on the weekends.
For $20 worth of 22's back then, we had a lot of fun....!!!!!!!!

The red lube on my 38 WC's is a home brew lube.

Don

AndyC,
That dredges pot in the background pics looks exactly like the spare pot that came with my turkey frier setup.
And I use it for the exact same thing!
I use mostly range scrap.
I bought a Cabine Tree tester for hardness testing, something every caster should own IMHO

And yes, casting season has begun here in Austin as well.