Insanity's odyssey in casting.

[Wayne52]

Brewbear when I heard they were going to make them I watched closely until they had them and jump on a brass 2 cavity, I've probably cast more of those .22 wad cutters than any other pellet.

The .22 wadcutter moulds were more than likely available before I pursued my interest in air guns so I am SOL for now.... I live with the hope they will become available at some point in the near future.
Matt, nice to see you're getting the hang of casting, I find it relaxing...

I'm sure that there's probably a thread on NOE forum that's requesting the .22 wad cutters (NOE 217-17-WC).  I cleaned out most of the red squirrels that I could in my back yard with the
Crsoman C362 during the spring/summer with wad cutters@5 pumps. Got most of them in the mulberry tree.

[Insanity]

There is one with 10 on it interested.

Yep they are good enough for the fun we have.

[Privateer]

I don't know Matt. I'm thinking a resizer would really improve the pellets. And they are pretty derned good as is!

[Insanity]

I don't know Matt. I'm thinking a resizer would really improve the pellets. And they are pretty derned good as is!

No one makes one for pellets that don't size the skirt also. Also that is way more work just to plink than I want to do.

[brewbear]

Brewbear when I heard they were going to make them I watched closely until they had them and jump on a brass 2 cavity, I've probably cast more of those .22 wad cutters than any other pellet.

The .22 wadcutter moulds were more than likely available before I pursued my interest in air guns so I am SOL for now.... I live with the hope they will become available at some point in the near future.
Matt, nice to see you're getting the hang of casting, I find it relaxing...

I'm sure that there's probably a thread on NOE forum that's requesting the .22 wad cutters (NOE 217-17-WC).  I cleaned out most of the red squirrels that I could in my back yard with the
Crsoman C362 during the spring/summer with wad cutters@5 pumps. Got most of them in the mulberry tree.

You are right Wayne, there is a thread you started and some of us here jumped in. The problem is things got muddled and the same people wanting the wadcutter .22 also added their names to the list for the redesigned .22 slug from RSterne (Bob). NOE/Al believed we didn't want the wadcutter .22 anymore or some such. I hope that we can clear up the confusion and maybe (fingers crossed) we will get another run of the .22 wadcutter mold.

[EdinGa]

I don't know Matt. I'm thinking a resizer would really improve the pellets. And they are pretty derned good as is!

No one makes one for pellets that don't size the skirt also. Also that is way more work just to plink than I want to do.

Sizing is definitely a conundrum when it comes to cast pellets. I came from the solid bullet, slug side of things before I encountered pellet molds, and that skewed my process for sure. I believe I had a conversation with Subscriber and Nvreloader, awhile back. I think both were working on dies that head size only. I need to do some digging and see if I find it again.


It may not be feasible from a financial perspective, but another path to success is simply finding the right barrel for each mold.

[triggertreat]

I have sized .30 cal pellets.  If the skirts are thin enough and made of pure lead and the tune is high enough the skirts will spread back out.  This is trial and error territory though. 

What I do after sizing them using the NOE bushing is use a jig which spreads the skirts back out.  I have much better and more consistent results than with not resizing the skirts.  This all takes a little more effort, but I get the same results as I do with the JSBs which are very accurate in my Impact.  I enjoy the sizing as much as I do the casting and shooting so this works for me.  I like being able to add a little more or less to the skirt size as well.

[Insanity]

I decided I did not like the mold mallet NOE makes. Its not it its me it dose not fit my hand well, have the heft I desire and this is the most important it dose not fit in my left arm pit comfortably. So I dug out my hand made lead hammer mold. Its a copper plumbing T that I cut in half and rigged up using an old screw driver handle.

Well since I had the lead hot I decided to cast up a little over 100 34gn .25 pellets.

[Insanity]

I have been wanting to build a PID for a while and seeing I have a brand new Lee Pro 4-20. I seen this DIY PID where all the guts are built into the pot its self I like that its all in one and dont have to have a second piece of equipment cluttering up my small casting table.

[triggertreat]

I have been wanting to build a PID for a while and seeing I have a brand new Lee Pro 4-20. I seen this DIY PID where all the guts are built into the pot its self I like that its all in one and dont have to have a second piece of equipment cluttering up my small casting table.

That looks like an interesting PID build for the Pro 4-20 but does look quite involved.  I like the one I built that is a separate build as I can use it on other projects and if the pot goes toes up, I still have a working PID.  It also was not too hard to build.

https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=158723.msg155780761#msg155780761

[Insanity]

I seen that one and considered building it l but not now after seeing I can stuff most of it in the pot it's self. And if it goes bad parts can be replaced or moved to a new pot...

[Privateer]

Does is not spelled D O S E.
Dose it what I do on the couch after a good meal.
 

[Insanity]

Does is not spelled D O S E.
Dose it what I do on the couch after a good meal.
 

Lead poisoning is real yo.

[Baco]

would these work?

aliexpress.com/item/4001271247635.html
aliexpress.com/item/32970267872.html

[Insanity]

This one will not support the temperature ranges needed.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832783953120.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt&_randl_shipto=US

This one will support the temperature ranges needed.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255801084932883.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt&_randl_shipto=US

[Insanity]

My much awated .22 wadcutter mold has finally made it to my door. Also think I'm up to 1 lee and 5 NOE mold handles.

[Wayne52]

I think you'll be happy with them Matt, sure they're on the heavy side for a wad cutter but they definitely get the job done. 

[EdinGa]

I got mine today too. I hope I get a chance to use it this weekend.

[Wayne52]

Eddie the .22 wad cutters shoot excellent in all my lower powered 22's, not really sure what the max speed should be with these but they work really good in pumpers, when my attic warms up some I'll be testing them in my Xisico XS60, I still need to do a Chrony test with the wad cutters yet.

[EdinGa]

Eddie the .22 wad cutters shoot excellent in all my lower powered 22's, not really sure what the max speed should be with these but they work really good in pumpers, when my attic warms up some I'll be testing them in my Xisico XS60, I still need to do a Chrony test with the wad cutters yet.

I'm hoping my Prod likes them.