Author Topic: Lee double cavity mould (Read 551 times)

Shorty · « **on:** September 19, 2004, 01:00:11 PM »

Hot damn! I cranked out 300 .44 balls in a couple of hours, using a 5lb cap. dipper pot .
I've never had but a single cavity mould before.
My son-in-laws father offered me a string of plumbers lead (that's a link of four or five 5lb ingots on a handle) in exchange for making him a bunch of balls. His father was a plumber so the lead cost him nothing, and even though I had to buy the mould, I thought it was a good deal.
Also, he lives in Maine (read- Powder Barn) and can get me black powder easier than I can.

crow_feather · « **Reply #1 on:** September 20, 2004, 03:48:07 AM »

I remember buying lead at a scrap metal yard at 12 cents a pound. Then it went up to 25 cents a pound. I bought about 300 pounds before I moved to the Rockies in Idaho as I figured scrap metal yards weren't in every town.

If they are tearing down a hospital in the area, the walls of the x-ray room are usually lined in lead. If you shoot this lead at night, you can see where you hit by the glow commin from the ball.

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crow_feather · « **Reply #2 on:** November 24, 2004, 12:27:03 AM »

I used to use lead from car batteries but after I put a good shot on a deer and put it down, it came back to life and wandered off.

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Shorty · « **Reply #3 on:** November 24, 2004, 09:12:40 AM »

crow_feather,
Sears Die-hards? Right? :roll:

JPSaxMan · « **Reply #4 on:** November 24, 2004, 11:06:16 AM »

No, Outlaw, in this instance crow_feather's eyes are neon green :-D .

crow_feather · « **Reply #5 on:** November 27, 2004, 09:46:59 AM »

I made lead balls using lead pipe pulled out of an old house. I could never get the powder to burn. Water kept putting it out.
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