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That is the only bullet I shoot in my .44s. I shot some 300 grainers several years ago but old wrists don't like the added recoil anymore. Now I don't even shoot full power stuff much anymore.

Hay it looks like you have leafs and a tree trunk in you pot whats up with that. They do not cast very well. At least I have never had any luck.



Looks like you had a good day.

It took me a few minutes to figure out what you meant by the "leaves and the tree trunk". That reflection, I guess, shows that I did a decent job of cleaning up the melt. Yeah man, it's a good day when you do something you enjoy.

I smelted down some wheel weights yesterday. That's something I've never done before and I was surprised at just how nasty smelling the process was with all the paint and grease and grime burning off. A big THANK YOU to who ever it was that suggested using side cutters to sort the lead from the zinc W-W's - that was a great tip. Fortunately, it looks like the W-W's I'm working with are about 95% lead with very few zinc or iron rejects.

I didn't have an ingot pan, so I went and used a cupcake tin as I've heard of other guys doing. I didn't think of smoking the muffin cavities and unfortunately the lead "muffins" stuck fast and I had to flip the pan over and heat the pan with a torch to get them to fall free. Live and learn, I guess. At least I'm making some progress.