First casts!

[u/user254748]

Long time lurker. I’ve been collecting equipment and waiting for a good time to try my hand at casting. Well last night I gave it a whirl and I’m hooked. I got back inside and now I’m looking at ordering rifles molds! I’d say 98% of them are great. I was swapping between 9mm Luger and 9mm mak. I learned I need to keep a screw driver on hand as my 9mm Luger mold spruce plate got pretty tight.

These were cast with a butane Coleman grill, stainless pot, and hand poured. I have to order powder coat next.

[u/maximumbob54]

The wrinkles are probably too cold molds. Dip the aluminum corner in the hot lead or let the mold rest on the edge. Never dip an iron or brass mold. Sometimes that mold drops skinny bullets. I had leading until I powder-coated. The Mark mold is great, used to use them all the time.

[u/rodwha → u/maximumbob54]

I tried that and got lead in the alignment pin. Now it won’t close all the way. I was able to remove most of it with a tool that came in a cleaning kit that looks like a metal dental pick used to test cavities.

[u/user254748 → u/maximumbob54]

I did. I ran out of gas lol

[u/Upper-Dig5291]

Those truncated bullets shot amazing out of my Uzi back in the day with 3.5 grain of red dot I bet you I shot 300,000 of them