Hunter Customs
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I started casting the other day and was getting some nasty looking bullets.
They were not what I would call frosted they looked like they were bead blasted using coarse sand as a blasting media.
Being a newbie at casting I was not sure what was going on.
I tried playing with the lead temperature and mold temperature, nothing seemed to help.
I did notice the stream coming out of my bottom pour pot was erratic in size small to smaller.
This being a used pot that a friend gave me along with a lot of other equipment he had when he was casting, I got to thinking the pot may need a good cleaning.
I might add they he had not used his equipment for several years.
I will not bore you with all the details of what took place but it seemed to be turning in to quite a circus for a while.
The end result was I got the stream flowing full bore again and once again pretty bullets started dropping from my mold.
The moral of the story is there's a lot to learn about bullet casting and it seems I learn a little something every time I cast.
A big thanks to everyone on this forum that's helped me along my path with this new hobby.
They were not what I would call frosted they looked like they were bead blasted using coarse sand as a blasting media.
Being a newbie at casting I was not sure what was going on.
I tried playing with the lead temperature and mold temperature, nothing seemed to help.
I did notice the stream coming out of my bottom pour pot was erratic in size small to smaller.
This being a used pot that a friend gave me along with a lot of other equipment he had when he was casting, I got to thinking the pot may need a good cleaning.
I might add they he had not used his equipment for several years.
I will not bore you with all the details of what took place but it seemed to be turning in to quite a circus for a while.
The end result was I got the stream flowing full bore again and once again pretty bullets started dropping from my mold.
The moral of the story is there's a lot to learn about bullet casting and it seems I learn a little something every time I cast.
A big thanks to everyone on this forum that's helped me along my path with this new hobby.