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How are you melting the lead ? a bottom pour pot is probably the best way to get consistant temp and helps pouring without voids in the lead . You should flux then skim your lead to remove impurities...

What ever you go with , fill the mould to overflowing , this ensures there are no air voids , Could you cast it in half rounds like solder ? or even get a bullet mould of about the correct size and...