Up or Down????

[Bretwalda]

OK...which way do you load your cast balls..."spruce up" or "spruce down" and why do you load them that way?

 

[rabjr]

Sprue is up for me. Just is.:thumbsup: :haha:

 

[RC]

up.............cause I can see it's straight up... :thumbsup:

 

[buford87]

Sprue up. I agree with RC if the sprue is down how can you tell if it is centered?? :idunno: ................watch yer top knot...................

 

[roundball]

up.............cause I can see it's straight up.

+1

 

[wattlebuster]

Up for same reason :thumbsup:

 

[jamesthomas]

Load it sprue up :thumbsup: but I think the Bevel brothers did a test to see if it mattered and I think they said it did'nt matter. :idunno:

 

[necchi]

Another vote for up, so you can see it's centered. :wink:

 

[Mike Brooks]

OK...which way do you load your cast balls..."spruce up" or "spruce down" and why do you load them that way?

I can't find any spruces on mine. :idunno:

 

[necchi]

:haha: Start casting an stop buying those swaged ball an join the rest of us,, :thumbsup:

 

[reddog]

OK...which way do you load your cast balls..."spruce up" or "spruce down" and why do you load them that way?

Spruce up,,,Oak down....

 

[lakota]

up for me too.

 

[hoochiepapa]

I use store bought. :blah:

 

[jamesthomas]

Jeezz, another slacker :blah: don't ya know thats one less excuse to use when you flub a group!

 

[SgtSchutzen]

I use store bought too, but sometimes I buy the cast ones from Track Of The Wolf. Those I load sprue up cause thats the way I`ve always heard your suposed to do it.

 

[Zonie]

Is it just me or does this topic sound like an ad for an after shave lotion?

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Oh.... When loading cast roundballs I locate the cast sprue up so I know it isn't interfering with the bore.

 

[VEARL]

Sprue up. Tells me it is centered.
Why ? Because my Daddy said to. Never argued with that man.

 

[hanshi]

Sprue up so I can see it centered. I've got to where I tumble my ball so normally there is no sprue. Then I don't have to worry about it and load them like they are swaged. Sprue on WW ball won't disappear but I only use WW in my smoothbore.

 

[reddog]

OK...which way do you load your cast balls..."spruce up" or "spruce down" and why do you load them that way?

Spruce up,,,Oak down....

As for me,,I was makin' a joke about trees growin' out of the ball...

 

[Stumpkiller]

Sprue up - so it hits like a flat point.

Gotta get that meplat, dontcha know. :rotf: