Good source for Lyman #2?

[mattri]

I'm through sorting wheelweights etc. What is a good source for Lyman #2 alloy?

[Martin Luber]

Rotometals?

[mattri]

Will check them out tanks. I've scored some ingots etc from members here and a few random places locally but think a more consistant alloy is my next step.

[LAGS]

I was buying 60 lb ingots from SeaFab metals in Casa Grande Az.
I live not to far from there , so it was cheaper for me to drive 70 miles , than to pay the shipping.
I can't remember what I was paying for it , but it was under $2.00 a pound in the 60 lb ingots

[Ozark mike]

Holy moly that stuff is almost 20 bucks for 5 lbs include shipping arahhh whats the point in reloading if it cost as much as store bought. Wonder if we can convince trump to bring some lead mines back to this country so china cant shaft us so badly

[kevin c]

Isn't 90-5-5 used pretty much only as a bullet casting alloy? I'm even not sure you can find it outside of foundry/commercial sources or mixing up your own. If you have the tin and antimony available in high enough concentrations in your source alloys, it surely is a big cost saving to prepare your own versus buying it, at the cost of your time and labor, of course.

[Ozark mike]

It was designed for bullet casters but I'm unaware if anyone picked it out for other uses

[mac1911]

Do you really need pure Lyman #2
Is there a huge difference in the bullet end result between 2% and 5%
IIRC the alloy #2 and even hardball was developed to have been the best for commercial casting machines ?
My free time is still free and have plenty of it. If I was better at converting my free time to cash....I would just buy alloy.

[Rich/WIS]

While a lot of casters consider Lyman #2 the "standard" it makes no sense in terms of hardness or economy. If you want bullets hard and well cast Lino produces a harder bullet and for castability it is hard to beat. For less demanding uses a 1/1 mix with plain lead will produce bullets adequately hard for all but the upper end loads. My experience with range scrap, COWW, or COWW sweetened with a little tin has shown little or no difference in performance or castability.

[USSR]

Easy enough to make:

4# linotype
5# pure lead
0.5# 62/38 solder

Don

[bumpo628]

You could try some Hardball (2% tin, 6% antimony) from Missouri Bullet for $2.18/lb plus $16 priority shipping per 66 lbs.

https://missouribullet.com/details.p...=12&secondary=