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Trailboss (Santa) Dave

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  1. I have cast my own bullets for many years, and have made my own alloys depending on the need.

     

    I enjoy doing it, but plan to buy my lead already mixed from a couple of places I have found on the web

     

    The one thing I will point out is by the time you buy your lead and pay for your molds and other equipment and figure your time it's cheaper to buy your bullets

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  2. I started with the Lee pots many, many years ago

     

    Have owned several lee pots, still have one and they all either dripped or just ran like a water hose

     

    Use it to pre melt the lead for my Lyman and RCBS pots

     

    Even had 2 Ballisti- Cast machines for several years. Was turning out 4000 bullets an hour 6 days a week and could not keep up with sales

     

    But for hand casting the Lyman was my go to pot over the RCBS

  3. I find the Saeco steel molds to be some of the best.

     

    We ran them and the H&G, RCBS, and Lyman molds on casting machines

     

    The Saeco molds lasted the longest and were casting good bullets lone after the others were done

     

    If you go with the Lee, the 6 cavity molds are the best for the money

  4. I have 2 Grandsons. The oldest will be 3 on the 27th. the other one will be a year old 1st. day of March

     

    The older one's middle mane is Henry and has had a Henry made 1860 for about 2 years. In fact Papa was babysitting one day and had to get into the safe. Henry stood in the open door and reached out to the Henry and said mine and he had never seen the gun before.

     

    Now my problems the other Grandson, his middle mane is Harley

  5. I was at my local toy store the other day and looked at a Traditions SAA at What looked like a very good price.

     

    Now I have many single action revolvers, but know nothing about this brand.

     

    Can anyone give some input on this gun

  6. I have the Lee pro 20, the RCBS pro-melt, and the Lyman 200#

    bottom pour and have cast 1,000s of bullets with them

     

    In my opinion the Lyman was the best, but the RCBS ran a close 2nd.

     

    The Lee is a good pot for the money unless you plan to do a lot of casting

     

    The Lee is cheap, but you will end up replacing them.

     

    A good melting pot will coast more to start, but will be cheaper in the long run

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