Tom's Casting Room
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Last Update: March 23, 2006
Above is my pride and joy, a homemade
Casting pot. The spout is foot activated by a pedal not shown in the lower
right, you can see it in the upper right of the photo where the connector rod
is. The pot holds approximately 200 pounds of Lead, and runs off of 220 volts
from my House dryer circuit. The temperature control is a modern restaurant
quality dial control from 0 to 1000 degrees with an automatic relay shut-off.
If you want to see a high res picture of the pot, click the link:High-Res
Pot Picture
I admit it, I'm a
snob when it comes to bullet molds, my personal opinion is that the best molds
ever made are the "Hensley & Gibbs" molds. I have a page showing
all the pictures of various H&G molds that I have collected over 10 years
surfing on the internet. Many of these pictures were saved from Auction sites
like Ebay or Auction Arms. I am attempting to collect a picture of each and
every H&G mold that was in their catalog. 
Here
is a picture of my STAR Luber/Sizer setup. I think the STAR luber/sizer is the
best on the market, I love mine. The setup allows the sized bullets to drop out
the bottom of the sizer and roll down the incline to rest against the base of
the flat aluminum plate. I have played around with my sizer setup more than any
other in my room. I am still not satisfied with the way it works, but it is
adequate for now. The bullets I am sizing in this picture are the excellent
Lyman 158 Grain 358156 Gas Check for the .38/.357. I load these over 13.5
grains of 2400 in .38 Special cases with Small Pistol Magnum primers. This is
the Skeeter Skelton load for .357MAG guns only, not to be used in .38 Special
pistols.
Click the link for the high res pic: High Res Pic of Star Sizer
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