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Highlooker
05-09-2013, 12:59 AM
So I've started down the long winding road by jumping into 45lc casting.
I've decided cowboy guns look like way to much fun and I need to start shooting them more. I've been searching and reading all I can for a while now. There's SO MUCH information! I will admit I get lost. But have to thank the good folks on here for posting all the quality info.
I'm ladle pouring a RCBS 45-225 p/n 82081. I plan on shooting them out of a Cimmaron colt clone, navy arms schofield, and a '73 winchester clone.
My question.
I'm looking for an alloy that I can run through all of them. Will be Lee push through sized and pan lubed. Loading with Trail Boss. Low velocity clanging steel loads.
I have
Ingots of pure lead, ingots of WW, 1 lb of pure tin, and lino type.
Any suggestions on an alloy mix for this is appreciated.

Larry Gibson
05-09-2013, 01:40 AM
Add 2 % tin to the WWs and then mix that amount of alloy with an equal amount of lead. Save the linotype for something else. That 1 lb of tin will "do" 50 lbs of WW. Then add 50 lbs of lead. If you've got that much WW and Lead. If not simply do the math with what you have. I use that alloy in my own Clone SAAs, M92 and M73s in 45 Colt. I use the Lee 452-200-RF.

Larry Gibson

fcvan
05-09-2013, 05:12 AM
I'm going to go with 'Larry nailed it' on this one :)

44man
05-09-2013, 07:28 AM
Right on Larry!
Nice guns by the way.

runfiverun
05-09-2013, 01:23 PM
and if you have about 4 times as much ww's as soft lead, that isn't a handicap either.
use the mix of alloys that makes the most for you.
if you have 5 times as much soft then blend in the lino to bolster it up. [@ 4 to1] and go 50-50 with the ww's.
it's pretty simple.
50-50 ww's soft 60-40, 70-30 any of them are fine.
if you have 1-1/2 to 4% antimony and some tin in there you should have no problem pouring or shooting boolits.
just try to make your alloy batches as close as you can.

Highlooker
05-09-2013, 05:02 PM
Thanks for the ideas! And those are some nice guns!
I thought about using tin star but the price kept me away from it. When i decided to just go ahead and spend the money and get some it was no where to be found. I did find trail boss locally and picked up a couple bottles.
Not them same quality of picture but here's what I will be loading these for.
the Vaquero is a .357 "old" model. Hope to add one in 45lc and stick to one caliber...for a while.
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo313/Highlooker/2013/2013-04-13_17-12-21_77.jpg

Cherokee
05-09-2013, 08:10 PM
I use the RCBS 45-230 RFN for my Ruger OM 45 Colts and Uberti '66 rifle or Marlin '94 rifle in SASS shooting.

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee102/DCS44256/CASShooting01.jpg (http://s233.photobucket.com/user/DCS44256/media/CASShooting01.jpg.html)

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee102/DCS44256/Ruger/Ruger45CCAS001.jpg (http://s233.photobucket.com/user/DCS44256/media/Ruger/Ruger45CCAS001.jpg.html)

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee102/DCS44256/Other%20Firearms/Uberti1866Marlin1894CB002.jpg (http://s233.photobucket.com/user/DCS44256/media/Other%20Firearms/Uberti1866Marlin1894CB002.jpg.html)

The RCBS boolit:

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee102/DCS44256/Reloading/Lee45-230CM001.jpg (http://s233.photobucket.com/user/DCS44256/media/Reloading/Lee45-230CM001.jpg.html)