Hi, I am quite new to this forum, and and have just started to get all the kit for casting. I have made a lot of enquiries at tyre shops for wheel weights, and have had very little success. It seems that they are all using zinc wheel weights now, and get very little lead. One guy said that he would save the lead ones for me, but reckoned that it would take quite a while to even get a bucket. I did the usual thing and offered payment, but they all said if they had them they would have given them to me for free. So it looks as if wheel weights are not going to be much of an option for me. It looks like I'm gonna have to buy Linotype etc from Midway and mix it with lead flashing and other pure lead I can get. I have done a bit of reading on the subject and have found the following blends. I'm just looking for confirmation that the info I have is correct.
I have read that mixing linotype 50/50 with pure lead will produce an alloy of around 16 bhn, and that mixing 4lbs of linotype with 1/2lb of tin and 5 1/2lbs of lead will make an alloy similar to Lymans #2 alloy.
Just wondering if the above blends are correct. I have Lymans manual on order, and a friend copied a few pages of data for .30-06 and 303 British for me to get me started. I will be casting loads for target shooting, probably not further than 300m. The Lyman data I have is using Lyman #2 alloy for the boolits.
Any info and advice would be appreciated.
Ian