Critter Picker
Well-Known Member
I'm curious if anybody out there has ever noticed a difference between rounds loaded during different moon phases. I know that I'm going to get a lot of people who think that I'm crazy, but a long, long time ago I was having a real problem getting a bullet mould to cast a decent bullet. Just the last time that I used it, it worked fine.
So I walk into the LGS and started discussing my problem with the owner, who, was a much respected shooter. He asked me when I was casting and when I said last night he immediately told me that you should never cast by the light of the moon. It was a full moon the previous night. I asked him why that would make a difference and he promptly told me the moon affects the tide and a lot of things.
Think about powder for example. Anybody who has ever put up a fence can tell you that when you dig a hole for the post, sometimes you have dirt left over, which makes sense because the post displaces some of the dirt, but sometimes you just have enough. If you pay attention to moon phase, full moon, left over dirt. New moon, sometimes you have to add dirt. So if you are dropping charges from a measure do they vary? Does the dirt taken from a hole weigh the same when there's dirt left over as when there isn't?
I know from weighing each and every bullet that when I cast under a new moon they all weigh the same + or - .1%. if they vary more I throw them back and remelt them. That's the beauty of casting, no waste. I will throw back 4 or 5 bullets per batch and I usually cast 20 Lb batches, then store in old coffee cans. I also remember that as the moon gets fuller the throw backs increase with some molds, but not all of them. It could be due to venting.
So anyway without writing a small book has anybody noticed any fluctuation of loads as the moon phases change? Or does anybody pay attention to moon phases when loading ammo?
So I walk into the LGS and started discussing my problem with the owner, who, was a much respected shooter. He asked me when I was casting and when I said last night he immediately told me that you should never cast by the light of the moon. It was a full moon the previous night. I asked him why that would make a difference and he promptly told me the moon affects the tide and a lot of things.
Think about powder for example. Anybody who has ever put up a fence can tell you that when you dig a hole for the post, sometimes you have dirt left over, which makes sense because the post displaces some of the dirt, but sometimes you just have enough. If you pay attention to moon phase, full moon, left over dirt. New moon, sometimes you have to add dirt. So if you are dropping charges from a measure do they vary? Does the dirt taken from a hole weigh the same when there's dirt left over as when there isn't?
I know from weighing each and every bullet that when I cast under a new moon they all weigh the same + or - .1%. if they vary more I throw them back and remelt them. That's the beauty of casting, no waste. I will throw back 4 or 5 bullets per batch and I usually cast 20 Lb batches, then store in old coffee cans. I also remember that as the moon gets fuller the throw backs increase with some molds, but not all of them. It could be due to venting.
So anyway without writing a small book has anybody noticed any fluctuation of loads as the moon phases change? Or does anybody pay attention to moon phases when loading ammo?
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