Shiny New Balls!

Awesome!!!

Never though of seeing lead so shiny!!

Those must pack a punch!

Cheers ...Q

I'm glad I'm not a grouse in your neighborhood!

Royleonard said:

I'm glad I'm not a grouse in your neighborhood!

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It is breeding season so they are out in force! But the hunting season for them is closed until August. But walking to the neighbor's house I counted 6 in the mile or so walk this morning. August will be a fun month!

msturm said:

Royleonard said:

I'm glad I'm not a grouse in your neighborhood!

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It is breeding season so they are out in force! But the hunting season for them is closed until August. But walking to the neighbor's house I counted 6 in the mile or so walk this morning. August will be a fun month!

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Man how I wish my nearest neighbor was a mile away!

I enjoy casting, I too wish my closet neighbors were a mile away. My neighbors literally sit in a chair in their yard by the fence to watch us while we are out doing whatever in the yard. It’s kinda creepy. Enjoy your new Mold.

Way to go buddy! Give those grouse the business. Always had a lot of respect for guys who made their own ammo.

Look's good mate.

I went phoned three scap metal places before I could find any lead. Are you goint to use a tumbler?

Man O man! You got the whole thing going! What tastes better than ruff grouse? Pure white meat! You have enough sprews for another batch, Cool.

P.Konrad said:

Look's good mate.

I went phoned three scap metal places before I could find any lead. Are you goint to use a tumbler?

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A screw driver in the junk yard and you can get a bunch of lead off in the form of wheel weights. Most of mine is old dive weights from a couple buddies who are retired underwater welders.

I don't really see any need for a tumbler. I will get my ammo "pretty good enough" and put it through some birds and squirrels.

I saw your hunting vid (Spruce grouse vid). Nice shooting. So your ammo flys true and you get no swing? I asked because I was watching Catapault carnage's friend (Pauls Wild World) and Joefe slingshot hunting and they both tumbled their ammo off and I was curious to see if you thought is was necessary also.

Lead shot, how to round them off


Thank's for posting the video and replying to my message.

Salutations, PK

P.Konrad said:

I saw your hunting vid (Spruce grouse vid). Nice shooting. So your ammo flys true and you get no swing? I asked because I was watching Catapault carnage's friend (Pauls Wild World) and Joefe slingshot hunting and they both tumbled their ammo off and I was curious to see if you thought is was necessary also.

Lead shot, how to round them off

Thank's for posting the video and replying to my message.

Salutations, PK

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I don't really think it makes a huge difference. People shoot rocks, hex nuts and all kinds of non-perfectly balanced or spherical objects. I have some store bought led balls that I have shot into cement blocks and now they have a flat side, those still hit a bottle cap at 10 to 12 yards, so the little tag end not being perfectly flush is not something I am going to burn any money or time making a tumbler for.

If you want to get into the sciencey data end of it, I am SURE that it impacts flight and accuracy. The question is one of margin and whether that little difference lies within my own margin of human error upon release.

Long story short, as much as I would love to be able to blame my misses on those little 10/1000 of an inch bump on the ball It is far more likely that I am in some way imperfect...