Went to the range and the pistol range has a spot where the bullets are 95% hard cast, took 30 min and sifted a bucket 1/2 full. Smelted it this morning 70# of lead, BHN 14 not bad for 30 min of sifting.
Went to the range and the pistol range has a spot where the bullets are 95% hard cast, took 30 min and sifted a bucket 1/2 full. Smelted it this morning 70# of lead, BHN 14 not bad for 30 min of sifting.
Frank G.
If you measured the 14 BHN on smelting day it'll get harder by almost 2 points in a week.
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The range scrap I get is about 90% jacketed. But my brother gets it for me so other than the propane and the time spent it is nearly free.
His range is in a river bottom and he uses a rake and a shovel and sifts out the dirt.
The propane can be free too. Sell the jackets to the recycler for the price of dirty copper and it buys your fuel.
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16 BHN for commercial cast sounds correct.
it's usually 2/6/92 alloy.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |