Shot maker

[19ellis93]

What alloy are you using? Your shot looks pretty shiny, hopefully your alloy has some antimony if not that maybe your problem. The pics I posted are using a 94/3/3 alloy.

Scott

Wheel weight ingots I cast earlier this year.

I have some Linotype and some pure lead I could mix.....do you have a recommendation of a mixture of it that would work better? I'm not really all that familiar with the recipe figures you mention. I'm still a complete novice in that regard

[dsh1106]

Wheel weight ingots I cast earlier this year.

I have some Linotype and some pure lead I could mix.....do you have a recommendation of a mixture of it that would work better? I'm not really all that familiar with the recipe figures you mention. I'm still a complete novice in that regard

WW alloy is your best bet, that is what I was told works best.

I'm guessing it is down to the heat control.


Scott

[Sitsinhedges]

Wheel weight ingots I cast earlier this year.

I have some Linotype and some pure lead I could mix.....do you have a recommendation of a mixture of it that would work better? I'm not really all that familiar with the recipe figures you mention. I'm still a complete novice in that regard

5 parts lead to 1 part linotype works just fine.

[True.grit]

For all you fellows wondering if home made shot is as good as factory shot, I shot my first 25 strait with my homemade shot last Saturday.

[Hellgate]

Good shootin' TG!

[GhostHawk]

Nicely done sir.

[skeettx]

AWESOME!!
Well done, well done
Mike

[True.grit]

Thanks fellas, I shot 95/100 with one perfect. It's definitely worth the effort to make for me. Although it puts a real dent in my lead supply.

[copdills]

when it comes to the drippers which one do you like better single or double , i guess the single would be easier to keep up with , does anyone on this forum make the drippers and sale them

[GhostHawk]

Part of the reason I bought what I bought was that it was the first shot maker for sale at reasonable price that included the drippers. Mine are doubles. My shot tank holds about 5 gallons of liquid. After I have been baby sitting that girl for an hour or 2 I am more than ready to get the shot out, rinse it twice, and pour it onto an old towel to dry. And then get me some chair time with an iced tea and a pup in my lap.

Capacity is not my concern. Being able to continue to reload shotgun shells even with the high cost of lead shot is. And beyond that really. It is one more of those hedges against if the SHTF things. The more skills/tools you have the more you can do the more flexible you are the better you can cope. This is just one more string for my bow IMO.

Couple of points, the very nice gentleman from Littleton shot makers mentioned hinging the shotmaker, so you can lift it up, shut it off, stick a block under it. Add lead, change a dripper, whatever. This seemed brilliantly thought out to me and I hope to work on this idea if I ever find my ambition again.

It also means instead of slowing down, making odd shaped odd sized shot while it peters to a quit you just stop. Stop the flow, lets you clean out, answer a phone call, whatever.

I am also thinking of ways to use an old lee dipper pot to premelt my lead.

[copdills]

thanks GhostHawk alot of ideas here really puts your mind to work

[RED333]

Well I have been bit by this making shot bug, wife hates yall. LOL Bought the pan and it came in fast, but it is in the same state. Waiting on drippers now. Will report as things get going. Thanks Much
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The drippers came in as well, now for the heat, I want to use an electric element of some kind.

[jdfoxinc]

I built a frame that held my magma 40lb pot above my Better shot maker, allowing me tohave a continuous stream of alloy into the shot maker's pot. I set the PID on 825 degrees and dropped muffins into the pot every time the level got below 1/2. The pot never got above 750 deg.