Buckshot

[hedgehorn]

Does anyone cast it from Wheel Weights?

[looseprojectile]

Yep, why not? I put any thing in a shotshell that fits.


Life is good

[beagle]

Normally, I'll save my WWs for bullets and use pure for buckshot but WWs will work just fine./beagle

[geargnasher]

Dang, I thought something happened to Rick! WHEW!

Gear

[EMC45]

I do too.

[DLCTEX]

Yes, ww or 50/50. No need for copper plating to make them harder that way.

[plainsman456]

I cast some no.1 for my brother last year and when loaded he said they shot better patterns that the factory shells when he could find them.
I still have about 1/2 a coffee can left for later projects.

[hedgehorn]

thanks for the replies. What about graphite? Any need for any coating at all?

[odfairfaxsub]

i tried both coated and uncoated, but i never seen a diff with the stuff being treated, i always just used cow and left it alone.

oh i got better groups with ww but i have thousands of lb of pure so i cast with pure. my beneli will shoot 6 pellet 000 with 23.5 gr unique in a certain shot wad so im ok with using 6 pellet pure.

[DLCTEX]

Buffer makes for better patterns.

[hedgehorn]

you are using cow for buffer?

[Shedhunter]

Two coyotes didn't like my ww buckshot this season.

[375RUGER]

you are using cow for buffer?

I think he means clip on weights.

A few years ago I poured a bunch of ingots with everything I had laying around-WW, sinkers, sheet and range lead. I use this for buckshot, it drops at about 8 BHN, not too hard not too soft IMO.
I don't coat mine either.

[BAGTIC]

I heat treat mine. The reason for the buffer is to reduce deformation so there will be fewer flyers. HTWW does the same thing and gives deeper penetration.

[jsizemore]

cow=cream of wheat

[hedgehorn]

cow=cream of wheat

yes, are you using cream of wheat?

[gandydancer]

Fruit loops

[olafhardt]

A true Southerner uses grits.

[DLCTEX]

I used the plastic buffer from Ballistic Products, but a relative used corn meal and flour. I would be afraid of the flour absorbing moisture and setting up solid. I held the shell against the bolt on my vibratory case tumbler to settle the buffer and it worked fast.

[plainsman456]

I put them in my old rotary tumbler with a little snort of graphite.
A little goes a Looooog way.

[1Shirt]

Don't know about using Grits, as they are far better with bacon and eggs than COW.
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