Zink boolets I think, hard as... well zink

[Dadswickedammo]

Digging through some stuff I got an estate sale a while back came across some .323 look to be cast boolets sliver in color hard as heck can't dent with a thumb nail or screwdriver.
If not Zink? They are not pulled or anything I would shoot.

[TexasGrunt]

Might be zinc. Some people experimented with it. Could they be straight linotype? I've never had any to play with so I don't know if it can be scratched with a screwdriver or not.

[nagantguy]

I have some similar real silver in color, was told at one time zinc plated bullets of 1950 Egypt origin

[Dadswickedammo]

Yeah I have some surplus zinc these are not jackets. I'm gonna cut one in half and post some pix. Don't go away.

[Dadswickedammo]

Attachment 188473
So non magnetic no sparks from cutting with a cutting wheel and no melting from cutting wheel and can get flat spots with vise grips.

[runfiverun]

melt temp.
lino is 450 zinc is 787

I'd just shoot them.

[Dusty Bannister]

I would expect zinc to be light in comparison to a cast lead bullet of similar size and form. One reference suggests that a zinc bullet cast in the Lyman 358425 was about 68 grains, where the cast lead bullet would be about 121 grains. Of course the purity of the alloy would also change the weight difference as well.

[blackthorn]

Put a drop of Muriatic acid on one of them. If it bubbles, you have Zinc.