I have been casting since I was a kid. The older guys that I learned from were mostly casting pistol bullets for target. Tin was easy to get in this area and was always added. They had no hi tech testers. They went by uniform ratios of WWs/ Lead and tin. When casting a few bullets for the odd rifle they just upped WWs or used pure WWs with tin. I still cast the same way. I'm casting
boolits for target pistols and older low-vel rifles. For the old rifles I cast as soft as practical. The
only hard bullets I cast are 45/70 & 375W for modern rifles. My question is at what percentage point are you wasting tin? I have bullets 25yrs old in plastic jars that still look like chrome. I've
had guys tell me I'm wasting tin at 20lb bullet metal : 1 lb Tin.