Jim Taylor
Casting During Hot Weather
Tuesday, August 22, 2023, 07:43

I noticed awhile back I was getting low on .375" round balls for my .36 calibers. Being so hot I put it off for awhile, but last night after the heat went down below 100 I went to the shop and fired up the lead pot. I drained all the hard alloy lead in it and made it into ingots. Then I put some of my pure lead stash into the pot and melted it. After it was ready I cast 100 or so and then shut it down.

This morning I got up about sunrise and turned on the lead pot again. Coffee and lead in the morning! Once it was heated up I cast a bunch of .375" and .457" balls. I was able to get done before the temps hit 90 degrees!

This is part of what I got done. I have enough to shoot for awhile now.