I cast up 1.6 ounce (1% of a ten pound pot) ingots of thrift shop pewter, but you can buy 95/5 solder which is pretty much pure tin, just be advised, it's expensive stuff.
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I cast up 1.6 ounce (1% of a ten pound pot) ingots of thrift shop pewter, but you can buy 95/5 solder which is pretty much pure tin, just be advised, it's expensive stuff.
Tell you what I'd do.......I'd get closer.........that's why its called hunting not shooting.......
or I wouldn't be hunting in an area where a probable shot would be taken with a rifle/cartridge not capable........
Or I would sit there and enjoy watching the elk, the beautiful scenery and think just how lucky I was to be there at all........
Well said Mr. Gibson, that's the way I see it as well!
Larry Gibson I like the way that you think in your last post . for me it is not about killing a animal it is about getting in Gods country and seeing what he will provide for me at that point in time . D Crockett
IMHO, Larry's comment of 'soft as you can with accuracy and no leading'. It is hunting so few shots before cleaning. I did a test last week on a 90# pig (dead) with basically a 180 GCd RD 30/30 boolit with a slightly smaller meplat. Low Sb/Cu/Zn alloy 16 gr 2400 (whatever fps that is). Shot through the shoulder - broke the shoulder and there was an exit hole under the chest (don't know for sure if that was a test boolit or one of several others used to get the legs to stop kicking - but they were in the skull). Shot again in the paunch. 30cal entry, ~45 cal exit - a nice round hole. No recovered boolits. ? I was shooting at a pig on the ground but NO sign of holes in the dirt. Any way, the alloy is soft - I had to add the Sb to prevent nose bulging when seating. Using BLL for lube and no leading.
I have been casting with mixture of 30% printer Linotype to 70% plumbers lead not sure what it ends up being but I have had really good bullet performance even with HP.
Larry you never cease to amaze me. As I have only been casting rifle boolits for a few years, I have yet to give up my 225grn Nosler Partitions for my 35 Whelen. I have taken 1 deer with cast out of my 45-70. this year I will hunt my bear with cast. thanks for all of the experience you provide us on this sight.
Yessir `what he said`! Been using this formula for quite some time now with good results. My boolet is from an old Lyman #311041 mold - but then I don`t shoot at animals over the hill in the next county. Tin can be got from pewter or from a source like Roto Metals or add solder or lino type or Mono type to the alloy.Robert