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Ordered a Sharp Shooter USA 00buck mold

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unfy:
A follow up / tip for the mold.

Saturday did aluminum.  Saturday evening did some 40s&w casting.

Sunday, continued 40s&w and then shifted to buckshot (just to make sure had enough).

I was hungry and had a tiny bit of the shakes.  Anyway, while filling the buckshot mold, I noticed lead sink down into the sprue hole after I had finished with the pour for that spot.

Viola.

Vibrate / tiny movement shakes while filling the mold improves the fill rate (fewer empty cavities) easier than other methods ... and it lets you have smaller sprue, too.

Mold did well, but it didn't wanna let go of the lead.  But I think that might be because the lead I was using was quite possibly an alloy.  It was some 'unknown lead' from SFG ... and it produced some very shiny 40s&w and buckshot ... and the buckshot (water quenched) was harder to snip with the flush cutters than the 'more pure lead' stuff I was using before.

I almost decided to scrap the whole batch and use the apparent alloy for regular bullets heh.

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