Lead alloy

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I have WW pure lead and a half 5 gallon bucket of Linotype. Is there somewhere on this forum that has recipes to make boolits out of the pure lead?
Thanks
Warren

[white eagle]

Most boolits that use pure lead are for muzzleloading
mix you lino and equal amounts pure to make a hardball alloy (16 bhn)

[161]

OK
Thanks
Warren

[bumpo628]

I made an alloy calculator in excel. Search this forum for "lead alloy calculators" to find it.
The latest rev. is 2/14/11

[Stick_man]

mix the pure with clip-on WW at 50/50 for a good non-magnum pistol load. Water quench them for magnum pistol or light rifle loads.

Use the Linotype for the higher velocity rifle loads.

:cbpour:

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Thanks
Warren

[Stick_man]

Also check the stickies in this forum. It has links for lots of recipes.

Happy casting! :cbpour:

[runfiverun]

you can mix the lead 3-1 with the lino and get ww alloy with tin too.
mixed 50/50 with ww's it's a good all round alloy that makes nice boolits.
or the ww's lino and tin to make a close to 5/5 alloy. i make a closer to 4/6 alloy thats very useful in rifle rounds.
how i figure what i want is to add the numbers up [antimony] and divide by the weight.

say you wanna use 1 lb lino thats 12 [ thats how much antimony is in there 12%]
and three lbs ww's [3% antimony]
so i go 3+3+3+12 thats 21 divided by 4 or 5.25% antimony
and the tin is .5+.5+.5+4 or 5.5 divided by 4 or 1.36% close enough to 14 bhn for me.
cut that in half with pure for about ww hardness again.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

read this
http://www.lasc.us/CastBulletNotes.htm
this link is at the bottom of this page

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Probably in the wrong place to post this. But I went out and started cleaning the reloading stuff up and found a TL358-158 SWC bullet. I had started to order one of those or the TL358-158-2R a couple time just never got around to it. I couldn't remember where I picked that bullet up. So I climbed into the rafters of the garage. Started going through the casting stuff and found a 6 cavity that I must have gotten 12 or 15 years ago and forget about. I have the .358 sizing die also now I just need to get the stiff down and get to it. Hope that bullet shoots good in my 1894C. I don't have any bullet lube other than Lee Alox. What can I use on the mold as a lube that would be around the house?
Thanks
Warren

[runfiverun]

i use antisieze.
some use two stroke oil.
top of the mold and the pins.

[161]

I do have some antiseize
Thanks
I got the pot and other stuff down last night. The Lee 20 was full of PL from shotgun slug I tried years ago. I drained off about 10lbs. and refilled with WW. Cast about 60 boolits and water dropped them I've never done that before. I should have looked at them sooner I don't think I had the heat up high enough didn't get real good sharp edges. Then after I finished I kinda messed up and just thew some ingots I had made 15 years ago in. I came in the house an remembered they were 50/50 WW linotype. So I guess things may be a little harder this next few? Looking at some of the threads about buying new lead ingots makes me wounder why I would mess with dirty old WW. I don't want anybody to think I'm snooty but $1.00 a pound for 44 158 gr. boolits and I think I can get it in the QuadCities 45 minutes away. Any thoughts Pro or Con? I can get all the WW I want for $20.00 for a 5 gallon bucket. Although a lot of them aren't lead and don't melt.
Thanks
Warren