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Whit Spurzon
12-10-2007, 12:34 PM
I've come into a quantity of cast bullets in calibers I don't load for. Many were cast in the 70s and 80s and on most the lube is dried out and cracked.

My question is can I remelt these and cast again? Do I need to remove the lube or can I melt em down as is?

Thanks in advance!

Orygun
12-10-2007, 12:39 PM
Melt 'em as is.

Edit to say the lube will smoke, so throw a lit match in the pot to prevent that.

jhalcott
12-10-2007, 12:47 PM
Just think of the lube as flux. I've melted several pounds of bullets for different reasons with no problems

Shiloh
12-10-2007, 01:22 PM
I did it with about 1400 125gr commercial 9mm boolits 2 years ago. I loaded them a little hot from an older load book. pulling them greatly distorted most of them, but I saved powder and primed brass.

As stated in the previous posts, it smokes like the dickens!! I cast in the garage so the smoke clears rather quickly though. I wouldn't do it inside even with open windows and fans!!

Shiloh :castmine:

Whit Spurzon
12-10-2007, 01:32 PM
Thanks guys! Looks like I have some fun ahead.

Sundogg1911
12-10-2007, 01:50 PM
You have self-fluxing alloy! I do that often. Just make sure you're in a well ventilated area. It's gonna stink! ;-)

JIMinPHX
12-10-2007, 01:57 PM
I'd keep a box of those kicking around. When you need to flux the pot, just throw in a few of them. it's a nice convenient way of metering out a small amount of fluxing material.