It's crazy how rock tumbling can change the look of the lead pellets so much. Gotta love casting your own bullets from cheap lead

Getting into reloading and casting, I find myself watching a bunch of your videos as well as Wade at BRO. Thanks for sharing this stuff 👍

@theshotgunscientists

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching man

Great video. Congratulations on the baby!

Great video, mainly because of how you twist the pellets apart - stellar idea! I'm currently using a Marty Arms .32 mold that absolutely requires snipping the sprues TWICE - once off the mold bar sprue and second to true it up close to the pellet. I tumble in a Franklin rotary tumbler for 12 hours with just the cast pellets (typically about 300) and no other pellets or balls, they come out same as yers, all chrome black and quite round. Then I powder coat and they become .325" diameter for #0-1/2 buck. Loaded in a 2-3/4" Fiocchi hull along with 22 grains of Green Dot powder, a paper towel "buffer wad" (props to Wade Rush!), an MG42 wad, and a bingo chip overshot wad = killer buckshot shell. You can tell Lee that due to your video I'm getting their .32 buck mold and they should let you keep yours!!!

Nice. Lee molds cast faster and less sprew than other molds. Glad they are coming out with more options. I just ordered three sets of handles to have extra handles around in case one breaks.

Great video! Congratulations to you and your wife!

Great video nice to see different ideas on pellet separation. Great Lee is moving forward with these molds. Hopefully this continues to expand. Cool, in a few years apprentice buckshot loader, Steven James……

Those look so good buffed

Cool casting I love the lee molds

I appreciate your work

@theshotgunscientists

2 ай бұрын

Thanks man

I need to get some buckshot and slug molds. I want the Lee 7/8 slug and not sure yet on the buckshot.

The way that mold worked it's encouraging to cast as long as possible...if you do the 30 cal video and it worked as smooth as the 32cal I would be getting one for myself.....

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

The rest of their 18 cavity molds work exactly the same. I love them.

Dog nail clippers work awesome

Congratulations and that name Steven James wonderful Name , not sure spelling on the Stephen it's a wonderful ... Great Video & Information OH by the way HELLO to Y'all from Dallas Texas .

Awesome. Still waiting on them to put together a #4 mold

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

They’ve had one for years

@willwood487

11 ай бұрын

@theshotgunscientists sorry fat fingers #3buck I have a #4 mold and 00.

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

@@willwood487 now that would be cool

@showproja

5 ай бұрын

I've owned two of them for years. They really don't make nearly as nice a finished product as the larger caliber strings-of-three molds. For special rounds, I use only the best of the three balls, which is the bottom one. The middle one has two cuts and the top one is a Death Star.

I make hundreds of pounds of Lee #00 per month. My wife and I can each pour about 16 - 20 lbs per hour. We would go stir crazy if we had to cut them up. We have a lead-dedicated clothes dryer (our old one that the heating element failed on) that we throw 30+ lb loads of it in and run it for an hour. It breaks up every single string. When I get 100 or more pounds broken up, I throw them in my Harbor Freight cement mixer with some abrasive strips stuck to the inside. I turn them for about an hour and they look pretty much like your final product, which is beautiful, by the way! Keep on castin' and blastin'!

@theshotgunscientists

5 ай бұрын

I don’t cast near that much at a time lol but the drier is a great idea man that would save so much time.

I can’t believe how well that Lee mold cast from the get-go. Seriously impressed! Are you using a clip on wheel weight like alloy, or something harder than that? Would a Frankford Arsenal Tumbler work, or do you think it might be too big ?

@theshotgunscientists

5 ай бұрын

Any tumbler will work as long as it can hold a few pounds at a time. And yes clip on wheel weights.

Great video, I like the idea of making my own shot. I have a couple questions after watching a lot of your videos. When you're weighing a shotshell load for how many grains of powder to use, do you count the wad, fiber wad/shot card weight with the shot weight? Where do you get your lead for smelting? Can I melt down any size lead shot for casting a larger caliber shot? What kind of oil do you use on your hulls for roll crimping? Is a small bit of Vaseline a viable option? Thanks brother

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

Vaseline works fine, you don’t normally count weight until after the wad is in place. If adding buffer you gotta take into account the weight of it too. Pellet size doesn’t matter, lead weight is lead weight whether it’s birdshot buckshot or a slug. Buckshot and slugs produce less prey than birdshot foes.

@bierakanus5463

11 ай бұрын

@@theshotgunscientists Thanks for the reply. I mentioned melting down shot to make other sizes because I watched a video where the fella said it contains arsenic and he didn't recommend it. I wouldn't be putting my nose down in it, but I wanted to see what you thought.

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

@@bierakanus5463 lead doesn’t contain arsenic but yeah don’t get your nose too close lol

Hey Tyler and Josh a quick question my my standard BP roll crimper 10 gauge literally eats my Remington new Hulls scruffs the heck out of them. My question do the gaep10 ga. Roll crimpers eat up the new Remington three and a half inch Hulls? Sincerely yours Rick of Orange

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

Honestly man I’d go with the reloaders network 4 pin, it’s cheaper than the gaep and does almost as well. The gaep will put a super hard taper on shells you’re just trying to roll crimp, it’s more of a fold crimp finisher that can also be used to roll crimp. Gaep may make other roll crimp tools that are specifically meant for just roll crimping though. The one I have will do it but you have to have a very high stack height.

If you heat the mold over the pot before casting...it helps

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

That’s what I do, it was on top the pot for 20 or 30 minutes

Do you guys have any loads for 12ga 2 3/4” fiber/wax card 1, 1 1/8, or 1 1/4oz loads? I cant seem to find data anywhere. I have lots of federal plastic base hulls but I’ll find hulls for anything you have data for. Edit: wanting to load an eco friendly upland load using 7-8 shot.

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

We just load by payload weight. Find data for a payload you want that’s under 10,000 psi and just use a gas seal and fiber wad.

@veteranironoutdoors8320

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the speedy reply!

Tyler when I stopped weeping a little bit I want to say it's okay to not name the boy Rick😅 congratulations you all😅

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Im glad lee is coming out with more 18 cavity BS sizes. Curious question... Do you you always hit the mold blocks to release the pellets instead of hitting the handles? Ive seen plenty of mold blocks damaged in this manner. I know its no problem with Sharpshooter or martys style molds. Thanks for the video...

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

It’s easier than the bolt, makes the pellets come out easier. I’m using a soft wooden handle it’s never caused any damage.

@burtonurnie4961

11 ай бұрын

I think after time it'll cause wear in the bolts holes that hold the blocks to the handles. One of my 9mm 6cav that has cast in excess of 15k . The boys got it wrecked tapping on the blocks. BUT, it's your mold. Awesome video.

You guys are always entertaining and generous in sharing skill and information. The art and science of shotgunery has definitely benefited from your efforts.

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

Hey man thanks for the kind words

I'm new to casting myself, where do you find your lead? Congratulations to your wife & son. Shout out to Gary D. Caskey for the awesome hull trimmer.

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

Gary makes great stuff. I get my lead from a local tire shop mostly. That or cheap target loads.

How high does your payload need to be to make a rolled crimp

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

1/8” or more generally. With roll crimps there’s a lot of flexibility

I'll have to see if they have a 36 caliber...

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

They do

Whats the little statue on the table?

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

No idea

@joshgreer2324

11 ай бұрын

It’s a wildcat the mascot for uk basketball

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

@@joshgreer2324 dang now I feel stupid lol I should have known that

@brandonrenner9597

11 ай бұрын

@@joshgreer2324 thought it was that's why I was asking, I live 40 miles from UK college but the statue looks like one I've never seen

Ok Tyler. Do I need to send you some gloves? Lol

@theshotgunscientists

11 ай бұрын

Nah I’ve never used them in the 4 years I’ve been casting. Handles don’t get hot enough but once in a blue moon a little splash happens.

@garycaskey9623

11 ай бұрын

@@theshotgunscientists if you were using Marty's Arms molds, gloves would be a must. The handles on those get very hot.

Do you use beeswax or anything on your mould

@theshotgunscientists

4 ай бұрын

If I do I use dry graphite spray

@Huntin_an_fishin___

4 ай бұрын

@@theshotgunscientists they don’t sell that in the uk, I smoke the mould and the pins on inside of the mould I put a touch of beeswax on on the 2 shot moulds am just thinking what I should do with these ones as I have a couple on the way

What melting pot do you use

@theshotgunscientists

8 ай бұрын

Lee

@SuperDooDoo93

8 ай бұрын

Is it the 10 lb pot?

@theshotgunscientists

8 ай бұрын

@@SuperDooDoo93 it’s the smallest one not sure how much it holds though

@SuperDooDoo93

8 ай бұрын

@@theshotgunscientists thank you for the replies