Curious what you added into the alloy for hardness, I've used magnum shot to temper soft lead. Easy to measure and melt for high antimony. Also get a slotted spoon for dross. Those seemed to cast well. Just get a mallet handle and a towel in water drop pail. A wet sponge is a good safer way to cool a mould also.

Never hit the molds. Hit the bolt!

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If you have a scale it would make it easier to count!

I think the number one goal for any bullet is accuracy. Nice looking bullets. I cast for my .357 magnum rifle. The most accurate bullet I cast is a Lee C358-200-RF. These bullets are the correct diameter, but can be a bit too long loaded into .357 cases and are likely to jam in a lever rifle. My rifle is a single shot so it isn't a problem. The Lee 358-125-RF shoots fairly well for me at both slow and fast velocities... I've pushed them up to around 1500 fps lubed with Lee Liquid Alox. I never got the accuracy I desired from the Lee SWC bullets, but I prefer to shoot at slower speeds and I probably would have achieved better groups at faster velocities. I have stopped bothering about adding tin or antimony to my lead. I like to feel free to use whatever scrap I can find. I mostly shoot these bullets just under the speed of sound. I do my casting in an outside shed with the door kept open for ventilation, and lately I've been wearing a fine particle mask to avoid inhaling the dust created by the slag. I wear leather gloves when casting, and I avoid hitting the mould to release the bullets. Sometimes they fall out when I simply shake the mould, sometimes I push them with a gloved finger. I would not eat or drink anywhere near the area where I cast. In addition to my Lee moulds, I have some made by Cast Bullet Engineering in Australia which are very good. I have two CBE semiwadcutter moulds that I like... one is a 210 grain and the other is a 140 grain. I have to size both of these to get them into case more easily. If I had to pick just one of my CBE moulds, it would currently be the CBE358-180-RFBB which casts bullets with a bevel base which makes reloading a lot easier. These seem to be the most accurate of my CBE bullets over a range of speeds and when lubed with either a home-brewed wax lube or the very convenient Lee Alox. Best wishes from New Zealand.

You should wear some gloves at least. You’re risking cancer touching all that lead

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Dude! Cut your fingernails or paint them. One or the other. It’s confusing about you.

This was bout a waste of time!