my other hobby.

[CAJUN 93]

i'm a 1911 junky. love them but anyone who shoots 45 acp knows how expensive factory ammo is. i've been accumulating used wheel weights from the dealerships i work at for years and i cast my own bullets from scrap lead. we also cast and reload 30-30, 357, 35 rem, and 45-70. its a fun hobby and brings my cost per round down to a managable level. anyways, last weekend was pretty so i fired up the pot and cast a few hundred bullets.






daryl

[1STGENFARMBOY]

Daryl thats some good lookin work right there.

we have a pot at work that we tin copper bars for better connection, but it
looks like it was used in the making of the Mayflower.

Dar

[ellis93]

Very cool sir

I've got into blacksmithing some,making knives out of leaf spring and RR spikes. Tring to figure out the process of making damascus blades right know with poor results

[CAJUN 93]

thank ya'll. i really enjoy casting the bullets as much as shooting them. almost . the greatest thing is there are no mistakes. if one is mishaped, not filled out, etc you just drop it right back in the pot. no waste. only bad thing is a 85 degree bullet and a 650 degree bullet look identical. . leaves a pretty good mark.

daryl

[cougar]

Good work. Casting takes talent and patience. 99% of the bad casts are because of temperature. Too cold and it frosts, too hot and it contaminates.

[gobigorgohome]

Very cool sir

I've got into blacksmithing some,making knives out of leaf spring and RR spikes. Tring to figure out the process of making damascus blades right know with poor results

i could give you the number of my friend, he is all into that stuff too and is fairly good at all black smithing including knives out of springs and knives out of files (hold an edge great) let me know if you are interested and ill ask him if he would share info