H&G #130 .
Posted: 30 Oct 2022 23:53
Been getting a chance to cast a little bit . Not with a Lee mould but with an iron behemoth made by Hensley and Gibbs . 8 cavities of 196 gr 45 SWC goodness . I will admit I missed the 3rd handle . It also weighs about 8# before you pour nearly a half lb of lead in it .
The pot goes down in a hurry but on 3 loads in 3 sets I have about about 550 keepers . The first batch I had forgotten how to pour or something I guess . I threw about half of it back in the pot . The second run was better I got about 75% of that pour in the keepers but it was still with a lot of tolerance . The 3rd run was gold and in hindsight I should probably dump the first 200 back in the pot but I didn't and I'm not gonna . I have about 530 lubed and ready to load . Unfortunately that's not even close to enough to fill up the 15-1600 45 ACP and AR cases .
The pot goes down in a hurry but on 3 loads in 3 sets I have about about 550 keepers . The first batch I had forgotten how to pour or something I guess . I threw about half of it back in the pot . The second run was better I got about 75% of that pour in the keepers but it was still with a lot of tolerance . The 3rd run was gold and in hindsight I should probably dump the first 200 back in the pot but I didn't and I'm not gonna . I have about 530 lubed and ready to load . Unfortunately that's not even close to enough to fill up the 15-1600 45 ACP and AR cases .