I've been in wad cutter casting mode lately

[Wayne52]

I've been doing a bunch of indoor vintage pistol shooting recently and ran my wad cutter supply out last night so this morning I cast up a boatload of them this time (for me anyway) and decided to try some out after checking all of them for weight with very few rejects for this run.  I was surprised how good of a run it was because I think these are most troublesome of all the pellets I cast.  The sprue plate hole is very small on these little buggers in comparison to all the other .22 molds that I have.

[Bob Pratl]

I've been doing a bunch of indoor vintage pistol shooting recently and ran my wad cutter supply out last night so this morning I cast up a boatload of them this time (for me anyway) and decided to try some out after checking all of them for weight with very few rejects for this run.  I was surprised how good of a run it was because I think these are most troublesome of all the pellets I cast.  The sprue plate hole is very small on these little buggers in comparison to all the other .22 molds that I have.

Very nice, I love your old Crossman and I have been keeping my eyes out for a primo like yours.

[Struckat]

You have a steady hand. Nice shooting.

[Wayne52]

Thanks Bob and Kurt !!! Bob this particular Crosman is really a compact design for what it is however when they designed it they could have planned on a better way for valve removal when the gun needed to be resealed, I'd be willing to bet that a lot of these guns ended up in the trash because people more than likely weren't able to remove the valve successfully without damage to it or the gun.  I know that I had one heck of a time getting the valve out of mine.  It was a challenge for me to get the gun done right but I was finally able to coax the valve out of it with a lot of frustrating patience.  There's very little about resealing/disassembly of these guns on youtube and seldom do I see many replacing the poppet in them like I did.  They can be especially problematic from sitting idle in storage for many years like mine was but I'm very happy how it did turn out.

[Bob Pratl]

Wayne, is yours a Mark I or a Mark II?

[Wayne52]

Mark 1 Bob I don't have any .177 molds for making any pellets.

[Bob Pratl]

Mark 1 Bob I don't have any .177 molds for making any pellets.

Wayne, thanks. I'm about to purchase a Mark I that needs a little clean up and resealing which is no problem because I always like major projects.
Have you ever tried any .177 swaged slugs? I picked up some 12.5 grain but have not tried them yet.

[rsterne]

I wonder if the small sprue plate hole is to reduce the side load on the narrow edge of the wadcutter head?.... It seems to me, it night have less support from the mould than the hunters when cutting the sprue.... Just wonderin'....

Bob

[Wayne52]

I wonder if the small sprue plate hole is to reduce the side load on the narrow edge of the wadcutter head?.... It seems to me, it night have less support from the mould than the hunters when cutting the sprue.... Just wonderin'....

Bob

Bob that's exactly what I thought too, would be less for the sprue plate to cut which in turn gives less deformation of the head.