I saw the post on buckshot perfection and noted that his buckshot was cast from 7% antimony lead. That seemed pretty rich alloy and wondered what options I might have. My original intention was something like COWW + 3% Sn for the #1 buckshot. After reading the results with harder shot I have to wonder if I should add some linotype or type metal to the melt for the buckshot
Was thinking of using 50/50 COWW/Pb + 2% Sn for the Lyman sabot mold being fired from a rifled barrel.
These just what I was going to start with for an alloy, but am open to other ideas. After all it will take about 67 casts to load a box of 25 it just makes sense to make them as reliable as possible.