Giving my Bee the best of me (Sorry Tycer)

[earlmck]

Spent some time at the lead pot yesterday using the 6-cavity Lee .225 - 55 mould. Then today I took a picture for posting over on "Castboolits" and figured this bunch would appreciate the same picture. Browning 65 I bought a few years ago from fellow levergunner mod71alaska.

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[GunnyMack]

That sir is a GREAT PHOTO! Love it.
The Bee has to be one of my top 3 favorites.

[Dan 444]

Great photo! Thanks for posting.

Dan

[Batman1939]

Let's go shooting Boys !! You are READY

[ollogger]

Awesome job on the photo!! never had the bee but always thought it was sweet


Brad

[Tycer]

I've never cast anything that small. I think my fat fingers would fail me

[Bill in Oregon]

Good gracious, Earl, I'll be the boys over at Cast Boolits are all atwit over that photo. Me, I typically cast a few dozen and call it good.

[earlmck]

I've never cast anything that small. I think my fat fingers would fail me

Nah, you don't even touch the bullets until you run them through the sizer. And if you are using a Star sizer the hardest part is sliding a gas check over on top of the bullet base as you get ready to make the "down" stroke on the handle. Much easier to process 22 casties than to -- say reload 380 ACP.

Me, I typically cast a few dozen and call it good.

$40 for a 6- cavity Lee. If Lee makes it in a bullet you want you can't beat it. These are GREAT moulds. And if Lee doesn't make it we have several makers (NOE, Accurate, Arsenal ....) who produce GREAT moulds and a 5-cavity doesn't cost much more than a 2-cavity, so why would you use anything less? This batch of bullets took 2 1/2 hours total casting time (two sessions of 1 1/4 hours each 'cause that's all my back wants to tolerate) to produce about 1700 bullets of which I doubt I lose 1% during processing (that's when I inspect). This is a wonderful era to be a bullet caster, other than the loss of the lead wheelweight to the sweeties at the EPA.