Pure pewter boolits for little ingots?

[Silvercreek Farmer]

Was thinking about casting up some pewter boolits for use as convenient little ingots. Any chance they will solder themselves to my Lee mold?

[montanamike]

I made 12ga slugs with straight pewter and din't have any problems they came out as almost perfectly .75 oz

[SciFiJim]

I did the same with a 450 gr .45 mold. No problems. Since tin or solder melts at a much lower temp, you won't need as much heat as normal. I just pop a few into my Lee pot when I feel it might help.

[edler7]

I did the same with an aluminum sinker mold. No sticking problem.

[BNE]

It not only works it makes pretty boolits.

[Beagle333]

It makes really pretty (but light) boolits. I bought a bunch of pewter that had been cast into boolits. It makes adding small amounts to the pot very easy. :D

[Shiloh]

Was thinking about casting up some pewter boolits for use as convenient little ingots. Any chance they will solder themselves to my Lee mold?

These would be for alloy sweeteners right??

Shiloh

[bangerjim]

To get Sn to stick to a mold (non aluminum) you would have to have some kind of rosin or flux in the mold to get it to "tin" just like when you are soldering wires.

I doubt you have anything like that in your molds because your Pb alloys would "tin" the mold anyway!

As said, use a much lower temperature.


I use 50cal roundballs. Since I don't shoot anything like that, it is impossible for me to get them mixed up and shoot them!!!!!!

banger

[SciFiJim]

These would be for alloy sweeteners right??

Shiloh

Yes, they are used for alloy sweeteners.

[zuke]

I bought a LEE 12 cavity 495 RB mold for that reason

[lightman]

Its a good idea and you should not have any trouble. Like Jim says, a caliber that you don't shoot would be even better.