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Steve Brooks mold.
07-21-2022, 04:28 PM,
#21
RE: Steve Brooks mold.
Kurt,

Thanks I will give it a try.. Smaller pistol bullets I have a lot of experience with.. Big rifle bullets I just started doing..

Steve
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07-21-2022, 07:31 PM,
#22
RE: Steve Brooks mold.
If you use one of those Lee pots with bottom pour get a ladle and plug the hole in the pot.
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07-21-2022, 07:36 PM,
#23
RE: Steve Brooks mold.
You also need to use a ladle that holds enough melt that it would cast a couple of bullets, but don't use all of it, just enough to pour the bullet and a good sprue on top.
That's the biggest problem I have with the vented sprue plates they dribble to much melt back into the pot.
Keep the alloy at 775 or so, and for what ever reason the Brooks moulds can deal you fits if the sprue plate is to tight.
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07-21-2022, 10:04 PM,
#24
RE: Steve Brooks mold.
Kurt, I use a Magma Master Caster. I plugged the bottom and use a ladle..

Don, I was casting at 750.. So next time I will bump it up..
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07-21-2022, 10:09 PM,
#25
RE: Steve Brooks mold.
That should help.
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