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    Favorite recipe for wheel weight lead

    Linotype in a 1 to 5 was what my grandpa used when making casting alloy from wheel waits and we always used a injection style lube I have just started playing with hi tek and wanted to know if I need to change my mix for this style bullet or no


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    that alloy would work for 95 percent of all bullet casting.

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    And to think I only use wheel weights for mine.

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    Weight a minute, does anybody else have one of those phones that changes words when your not paying attention?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gtek View Post
    Weight a minute, does anybody else have one of those phones that changes words when your not paying attention?
    Damm straight! Mine ALWAYS changes 'loob' to 'loon'!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gtek View Post
    Weight a minute, does anybody else have one of those phones that changes words when your not paying attention?
    yup, annoying as heck when viewing on the phone.

    I think that would be a fine alloy if you are swimming in linotype, I don't personally have that luxury! by weight I'll add 1-2% tin depending on how well the bullets are filling out. No need to change alloy for hitek vs traditional lube.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gtek View Post
    Weight a minute, does anybody else have one of those phones that changes words when your not paying attention?
    I see what you did there. My phone has the habit or replacing "f" w/ a "d". I don't know why it thinks I like ducks so much

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    Linotype is getting harder to get but I'm lucky in the sense that my grandfather got barrels of it back in the 80s and 90s dirt cheep and when he passed away my dad and me split what was there for our casting I bet I got at least 800# of it now and I have been casting on it for 4 years


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    Quote Originally Posted by 6bg6ga View Post
    And to think I only use wheel weights for mine.
    I use straight wheel wait for some of mine like my flintlocks and my old rolling blocks but for newer cartridges I like a harder mix


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    Just cast some wheel weight 44 mag 240gr SWC bullets that measured 11-13 for hardness on my hardness gauge (the one with the dial indicator on it) can't remember the name but made by ST Machining,LLC 509-382-8926

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    Favorite recipe for wheel weight lead

    Quote Originally Posted by Lloyd Smale View Post
    that alloy would work for 95 percent of all bullet casting.
    So I have a NOE 60gr RN hi tek mold so no lube groves and loaded up 223 for my bolt action 1and 8 twist and I know my charge was right but the lead was givin to me from a friend and was harder than my normal mix by a lot I usually shoot for bhn 18-22 this was 27 and I couldn't get a group under 5in at 100 yards will to hard of a bullet cause the inaccuracy my old lee 55gr with my lead mix shot about 1.5in at 100 I am trying to figure out this new coating stuff and it's driving me nuts I should of stuck to my original lead mix to see how it worked first any thaughts


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    Quote Originally Posted by dragon813gt View Post
    I see what you did there. My phone has the habit or replacing "f" w/ a "d". I don't know why it thinks I like ducks so much
    ! My sides hurt!

    Mine stopped doing that after what I presume to be an update. Now it doesn't correct anything but gives me a selection including the original. Much better.
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    I've always used straight clip-on weights for all of my handguns and rifles in 30-30 and 45-70. Your blend is fine if you are that heavy into lino but its not necessary. Most of us don't have that much lino and tend to hoard it.

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    For rifle COWW + 2% tin.

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    Ill agree with some in that ww is good enough for most. Good enough to make your gun go bang. What I have found though is in most smokeless loading harder alloys usually give better accuracy. When I doing serious accuracy work I usually like to use a 16+bhn alloy. It isn't every time but its often enough to know its the norm. So it comes down to what you want. If you just want to roll beer cans or make your gun go bang then about any alloy will work. If your looking for one or two inch 50 yard groups out of a handgun harder alloys are about allways an advantage. At least in a good gun anyway. Guns that need softer alloys to bump up to fix pour manufacturing don't stay in my safe long.

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    "If your looking for one or two inch 50 yard groups out of a handgun harder alloys are about allways an advantage."

    My experience also......
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    I,too have a pretty good supply of Lino.
    My favorite "general use" alloy is 90% COWW/ 10% Lino.
    Comes out in the "15s" for Brinnell/lee tester.
    but for precision rifle shooting, I go with straight Lino.
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    Uhhhhhh? Wheel weights? Lol
    Oh, and water quench.

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    wait a minute is this thread about lead or phones
    Hit em'hard
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