Time to cast,

[Distant Thunder]

Kurt,

I have found that just a light lapping with a bullet and some compound will often make a sticky mold much easier to get along with.

I have a Lyman grease groove mold in .45 caliber and I was beating that thing senseless trying get the bullets to drop. I finally drilled and tapped the base of a bullet, ran a screw in and with a little lapping compound and some spins in the drill press the bullets dropped out with ease.

This new .44 Brook mold with the flat base screw in it almost "ejects" the bullets! I tap the hinge pin once open the mold and they jump out. And I did look, no spring-loaded devices in there that I can see.

My Lodi bullets were dropping out of the mold today too. Maybe it was just a good day! I do think I made some good progress in get me to understand this mold a little better and how it wants to be treated. We may just get along from now on. I am hopeful.