As long as you keep the ratio of less than 3 parts antimony to 1 part tin regardless of lead balance you will not have brittle boolits. Linotype is already in balance of 3 to 1 so cutting it 50/50...
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
As long as you keep the ratio of less than 3 parts antimony to 1 part tin regardless of lead balance you will not have brittle boolits. Linotype is already in balance of 3 to 1 so cutting it 50/50...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Fred, I have not been here for years but still remembered your picture from way back when.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
A brewery supply is one of the best places to get burners of all sizes. Beer batches are usually 35 gallon drums so they have some serious burners.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I must be one of those guys that are just different. I store my lead in 25 pound bricks out in the barn. It is a lot easier to take inventory that way. 100 pounds to a stack. 10 stacks in a row. Just...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Bottom line here is that if you want HP performance, you will have to spend a little money. The Lyman No.2 alloy is not famous just for nothing.
The Sn/Sb/Pb ratio of 5-5-90 is great for controlled...
Forum: Cast Boolits
CPC = Military grade pickle juice. My F.I.L. worked at a commissary and I have a couple jars around here somewhere.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Zinc will make an oatmeal like slush but I never saw bubbles like that.
I think you just did not get it hot enough. What are you using for a thermometer and can you really trust it?
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm glad that turned out to be a simple fix. I will warn you from my experience not to try a lighter main spring. You can polish the works and that will help a lot but leave the main spring as is.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I think it is nice to at least let the shipper know that you got your package. Sure it can be tracked but if not signed for, can also be stolen. It is just better to know that all is well.
I usually...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
The SSR ( soild state relay) will work with millivolt systems and supposed to have a very long life but not good for high amp loads like an A/C compressor.
A standard 24 volt relay can handle high...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Most PID kits are just boxes that you plug the pot into and the box plugs into the wall. You will probably have to connect the T.C. though. Generally, no tools required. I built mine that way too...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
It would just keep getting hotter if you were not using any out just the same. The temp dial on a Lee pot is not a good thermostat.
Like others I just gave up and got a PID controller. Now temp...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
That "light copper " haze sounds a whole lot what others call wheat straw color. Most likely it is from a high tin content. However some people purposely add a very small amount of copper to the...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I'm in the "back in the day" before internet group. I bought a Lee pot and soon learned that I did not want the nasty junk in my pot after a couple times disassembling the spout to clean stuff out. ...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Oh, OK you are using water as a cushion. Good idea.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Complete waste of time. Nothing will happen.
Forum: Cast Boolits
You missed the whole point. Heating the mold and not the spru plate will cause the spru to harden before what is in the mold and if you try to cut it too quickly you will find a little void. All you...
Forum: Cast Boolits
That or similar bullets are the cat's meow in .357 revolvers. It is probably the most common and popular bullet for the 38/.357s
The spru plate being colder than the mold will cause tear outs. I...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Aside from the hazards, man what a lot of hard , nasty work for so little return and then what do you do with the bones?
I agree with others about just selling them and buying some lead.
Forum: Cast Boolits
It is just a colloquial thing for lead cast with love bullets. Either way most people don't really care that much even though some can get testy about it.
Forum: Cast Boolits
James, I'm taking a little different thought on this thing. It sounds like you have the ducks in a row and I fully know how frustrating leading can be, especially when you do everything right.
I...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Looks like 1680 pounds so I'm guessing 1598 ingots.
Forum: Cast Boolits
This variable depends on your specific barrel.
Example: I had 1 barrel that slugged at .356 and a .357 bullet would not chamber. The solution was to get another barrel. The replacement slugged at...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have had to reduce the OAL to 1.115 for my Berretta but the Ruger likes 1.160 just fine. I just ignore the groove and use a taper crimp. At least it cannot likely set back accidentally. I did...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |