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    cast zinc buck

    Has anyone cast buckshot out of the zinc wws they pulled out of the ww bucket?I know it would be lighter but also harder.Or would I be better off using it to make fishing weights...Robin

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    Use a Steel mold

    Zink and Al mold do not get along well

    As I ruined a nice sinker mold casting zink in it
    Not in 1 casting day , but as I cast a 1000 or so of sinkers

    John
    Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
    And I carry a LOADED Hell Cat

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