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44 rem mag is 44 mag. Don't let the trolls get you down.

I like all three methods. Grease, tumble, and coatings.
All have erks and downfalls.

Sorry guys I was busy most of the day helping my friend with stuff around the house getting ready for the funeral tomorrow.

I'll work on an address but with the funeral being tomorrow he might...

Hello all.
I'm trying to help a very good friend of mine in his time of need. His mother was recently diagnosed with stage 4 terminal cancer and was given six months to live in November and it is...

Great shot! I usually cut these guys up for carnitas and hamburger! They make awesome burgers! Season with Montreal steak seasoning and red lawrys. Never hurts to add a bit of white onion and basil....

Just because they smell on the outside don't mean they smell on the inside. I've eaten several "stinky" pigs and had quality meat.

Looks more like a hempshire than a duroc to me.

Nice!

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?288841-cast-some-zinc-boolits-today

Link to my other thread, hope this answers some questions.

Sorry about the late reply, I traveled 2 hrs for thanksgiving and had to make sure the animals would get fed over the weekend.

Definitely a bit of overkill data for me. This would be an a few...

Ah that's too bad, what would a barrel and your time cost a fellow like myself to get some ammo tested?

I'm also interested in both 38 special and 357 magnum testing if it's an option.

I'm...

Anybody know where I can get 9mm luger handload pressure tested?

Need this and various other calibers tested to continue my zinc bullet casting.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

I have loaded these with no problem in my GP100 with no issues, that was my first test.
My main goal is to cast zinc for this SR9c as cheap as possible and with no fouling in the barrel.

At the...

Thank you, I'll have to look this method up and attempt to replicate it.
My main concern is blowing this gun to pieces and injuring myself or my wife. Would definitely like to invest the resources...

Pictures kind of jumped the gun but I'll explain.

I heated the now mystery alloy of zinc and pewter until it flowed from the bottom pour nozzel and cast a few hundred water quenched bullets....

I'm going to have to break this up into multiple posts because I can only post ten pictures at a time.

Today I tried zinc for the 9mm. Same mold the only thing that changed was the pot and alloy....

I wouldn't worry about it too much, only a small percentage of people cast bullets and a even smaller percentage would cast zinc.

When you aren't sure of zinc it's always best to melt at a lower...

Well I ventured off on my own and did it anyway, I can tell you NOT to mix zinc with a wooden stick! It foams up real nice and won't mix into the melt anymore. I have no clue if it was the antimony,...

Probably tok ammo, the cases were probably 556 cases.

I pay $5 a bucket but sometimes I get hosed and only get 10 to 15 lbs a bucket. Takes about a hour to sort a full bucket.

Main reason I tried zinc is because I can't find and real source of cheap lead here in CA. I might have to build a pot and maybe a custom mold but I need something I can plink with.



I figured...

Also, I don't have pure tin only pewter and lead solder. Thought I read somewhere that the zinc would clump with the antimony in pewter and or lead and that is what causes the "oatmeal". Any truth to...

Thanks Banger, I'm going to try casting with the zinc again in a few days if I don't become busy.


Going to definitely have to try this! I definitely need more heat. If I can get the spout to...

Here is a not so great picture of the barrel Pre dry patch. I haven't taken another picture of the barrel after but it's clean.

I'm trying to keep this very scientific so here are my results when...

Thanks guys, I fired a total of 25 zinc boolits and the barrel looks clean other than powder fouling.

I used zero lube, I've read that zinc was self lubricating so I just didn't lube them, the...

I've been thinking about casting zinc bullets for a long time now and today I finally did it.
125gr ideal mold and straight zinc wheel weight.
End product ended up being 75gr and sized to .356. ...