.22lr scrap lead

[mainiac]

I asked this on the muzzle-loader section and aint gettting far. I have a good sized amount of lead from a bullet trap,in a guys basement. Sure that it is .22lr and maybe pellet lead. Is this close to pure lead? Want to make round balls with it if it is. Thanks,mark

[felix]

Call it 99 percent lead, Mark, and be done with it because it came from a home trap. If the lead is from European target stuff, like from ranges having competition shoots, the lead will have a good percentage of bismuth. Bismuth makes the lead both heavier and harder, which provides for a better ballistic coefficient and hold the rifling much better. ... felix

[mainiac]

now that was quick, thanks felix

[Ricochet]

American .22s have something like a half to one percent of antimony.