Was thinking about casting up some pewter boolits for use as convenient little ingots. Any chance they will solder themselves to my Lee mold?
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Was thinking about casting up some pewter boolits for use as convenient little ingots. Any chance they will solder themselves to my Lee mold?
I made 12ga slugs with straight pewter and din't have any problems they came out as almost perfectly .75 oz
I did the same with a 450 gr .45 mold. No problems. Since tin or solder melts at a much lower temp, you won't need as much heat as normal. I just pop a few into my Lee pot when I feel it might help.
I did the same with an aluminum sinker mold. No sticking problem.
The enemy of good is better.
It not only works it makes pretty boolits.
I'm a Happy Clinger.
It makes really pretty (but light) boolits. I bought a bunch of pewter that had been cast into boolits. It makes adding small amounts to the pot very easy.
KE4GWE - - - - - - Colt 1860, it just feels right.
These would be for alloy sweeteners right??Originally Posted by Silvercreek Farmer
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To get Sn to stick to a mold (non aluminum) you would have to have some kind of rosin or flux in the mold to get it to "tin" just like when you are soldering wires.
I doubt you have anything like that in your molds because your Pb alloys would "tin" the mold anyway!
As said, use a much lower temperature.
I use 50cal roundballs. Since I don't shoot anything like that, it is impossible for me to get them mixed up and shoot them!!!!!!
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Yes, they are used for alloy sweeteners.
I bought a LEE 12 cavity 495 RB mold for that reason
Its a good idea and you should not have any trouble. Like Jim says, a caliber that you don't shoot would be even better.
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