Alloy mix

[Taylor]

In using 95/5 solder,and "pure" lead or ww, what amount would you use to...say copy Lyman #2.My arithmatic ain't too good guy's so go easy.(I can remember thing's but can't add.)Such as per pound,per 10 pounds. Thanks.

[imashooter2]

Lyman #2 has 5% Antimony, 5% tin and 90% lead. You cannot make it from pure lead or WW and 95/5 solder. You will be short antimony.

For almost all purposes, you can get use WW with a bit of 95/5 added (maybe 1 solder to 49 WW) with complete satisfaction. Why do you think you need #2?

[Navahojoe]

Another good mix for Lyman # 2 Alloy is 9 pounds wheelweights + 1 pound 50/50 bar solder.

regards,
NavahoJoe

[jhalcott]

http://www.lasc.us/CastBulletNotes.htm
try this site to help you out

[Taylor]

I don't know that I do need #2, it's just that I have several rolls of 95/5 and would like suggestions on how to use it. I'm casting for 45acp,9mm and 30 cal. Right now I'm mixing #2 with 9#ww and 1#50/50 for the 30's,and another mix that I'm using is 4#lead 5#ww and 1#50/50 for pistols. I would like to use what I have and make it go farther in the process. The loads will be for plinking and hunting. 1 load for both on the rifles.(?)

[FISH4BUGS]

Somewhere in the dark past I learned that 5lbs ww and 1 lb linotype produces Lyman #2. I can drive those hard and get no leading. Just another formula to remember.

[imashooter2]

Well since your solder is lead free, the mix that Navahojoe suggests would be closer to 19 WW to 1 solder. That should get you a mix that casts very nicely and air cools to about 13 or 14 BHN or water quenches to 18 BHN or more.

[garandsrus]

Taylor,

There are alloy calculators on this site. I started one and I am sure there were others. Mine uses Excel and I would suspect most of the others do also. Search for "Alloy Calculator".

Here's a link to the one I wrote: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=8790

John

[Sundogg1911]

Here+'s the recipes that I have for #2
Version 1
• 4 Pounds of Linotype
• 1 Pound of 50/50 Bar Solder
• 5 Pounds of Lead



Version 2
• 9 Pounds of Wheel Weights
• 1 Pound of 50/50 Bar Solder

[Lloyd Smale]

A guy would go broke fast using that much tin in an alloy. Just mix ww and about 3 percent tin and if it casts like that fine. If your still having problems bump up the tin a little but if your over 5 percent and still having problems its not the tin level in the alloy thats causing it. Its most likely you have contaminated lead or your temps are way off.

[junkbug]

Have any of you tried to make boolits out of magnum shot and solder (either electrical or plumbing type)?

Thanks for any help.

Sean

[686]

LLOYD SMALE would that be 10 lb ww and about 8-12 oz 60/40 soder?

[mag_01]

:coffee: ------ To be truthful I don't know if I have had the same mix twice---But before you think I'm a complete "Idiot" I do know when I make a hard batch or a soft one or one in-between. The last boolits I loaded "hot" in 308 a few days ago where so hard that I had trouble cutting the bases a bit with a file to get the sharp edge off so my gas checks would go on easier. What makes them hard is Babbitt that a friend of mine in Canada gave to me---they came out of a lumber mill and where used for bearings. My supply of Babbitt is down pretty low and will not be replenished. In a way there is a ratio of ingredients and there is always a use for whatever is cast-------Mag

[dmftoy1]

Ok . .so I have to ask . where can I get a bar of 50/50? I've checked the home improvement stores around here and the only soldering supplies I can find are 95/5 on a roll.

Just curious.

[imashooter2]

McMaster Carr, plumbing supply shops, etc.. But why pay money for lead you already have? Buy the 95/5 and you only pay for the tin you need.

[Sundogg1911]

I get mine from an electronics company. It's 60/40 and I get about 10# free a month. We use it to tin power wire. (Dip the stripped ends in the pot) It seems that they get twice as much solder for each project in the kit pulls, so a Buddy saves it for me. Free is my favorite price! I hear rumors that they are no longer getting orders from that customer, so my supply will be diminishing. I knew it would come to an end sooner or later, but I've been getting it since I started working there in '84, so I can't complain.

[686]

try a ratior repair shop. they use 60/40 . when they clean up the floor and there watter test tank which is once ar twice a year you may get it for free . id dis melted down to about 60 lbs. should last a while.