I had cast a bunch of bullets this week out of mostly pure lead (old deep sea fishing sinkers). They weighed in at about 256grns (mold says 255)
I got a melting pot and a bunch of free lead from a guy i hunt with today, so i milted down about 10 lbs of it from one long stick (kinda the shape of a big piece of French bread) All my bullets came out looking very shiny (my sister asked if they were silver bullets) And they seamed real hard when it came to knocking open the sprue plate. When i weighed a few of them they all came out to be around 238grns...
I'm assuming this means it has alot of tin in it? Anyone have a clue how much? Should i just find some pure lead and start mixing up big batches to try to get it softer???
Thanks guys, i just started this last week!