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    Harry Marinakis reacted to Urban Coyote's post in the thread My balls with Haha Haha.
    Let me think, posts on balls. There's blue balls, graphite tumbled balls, wrinkled balls, balls with long sprues, balls having voids...
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    Harry Marinakis replied to the thread My balls.
    I'll grind down the top of the mold, so the sprues are shorter. If I screw it up, I'll get a lee mold.
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    Harry Marinakis replied to the thread My balls.
    The spurs were taller when I had the hinge screw tightened. Not sure what to do. Maybe it's just the Lyman mold?
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    Harry Marinakis reacted to Dave Dworshak's post in the thread My balls with Like Like.
    After I poured a couple hundred .530 and .454 r.b. today, I put them in a viberateing parts cleaner for a couple hours. The deformities...
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    Harry Marinakis replied to the thread My balls.
    Okay I tried again today, using the advice I received. I made a few changes: I loosened the hinge screw on the sprue cutter. I think...
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    Harry Marinakis replied to the thread My balls.
    I noticed that I was getting shiny balls at the start, when I had the lead pot set at 10 (for the initial melting) and the mold wasn't...
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    Harry Marinakis reacted to oldwood's post in the thread My balls with Like Like.
    Seeing voids....To avoid hollow balls , allow lead over run causing more downward pressure. Best to not put the furnace pot nozzle into...
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    Harry Marinakis replied to the thread My balls.
    I bought a Lee mold for my .36 cal RBs but I haven't used it yet.
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    Harry Marinakis reacted to Frontstuffer070's post in the thread My balls with Like Like.
    lay that mold on top of the Lee Pot when its warming up. Lyman molds are steel and they take a good bit to warm up and start throwing...
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    Harry Marinakis reacted to ADK Bigfoot's post in the thread My balls with Like Like.
    If you are holding the mold against the spout and then leaving it there for a few seconds you are not getting the necessary pool of lead...
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    Harry Marinakis reacted to Juice Jaws's post in the thread My balls with Like Like.
    Doesn't matter how they look it's how they shoot that counts. Go punch some paper and hanging targets and I think you will be surprise...
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    Harry Marinakis replied to the thread My balls.
    The spurs seem too large, bit the spur cutting bolt is cranked down all the way. Can't cut them any shorter. Am I running the lead too...
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    Harry Marinakis reacted to reddogge's post in the thread My balls with Like Like.
    I see some voids. Can you tell if they go into the ball? Maybe the mold needs more pre-heating and breaking in.
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    Harry Marinakis posted the thread My balls in General Muzzleloading.
    Do my balls look okay? I bought a Lyman double mold and started casting my own balls. I'm using an electric lead pot with a bottom pour...
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    Harry Marinakis replied to the thread Fort Frederick 18th Century Market Fair.
    Thanks LD! I went last year, but I didn't know what I wanted or needed, or what I was looking at.
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