llinotype?

[Dustinxxx]

What kind of lead is this? Would i need to add anything to this to cast? Sorry for the dumb question, but im new to the casting.

[Ole]

What kind of lead is this? Would i need to add anything to this to cast? Sorry for the dumb question, but im new to the casting.

Linotype is too hard of an alloy to make most bullets.

It is very useful to add to pure lead to sweeten it into many useful alloys.

http://www.lasc.us/CastBulletNotes.htm

[*Paladin*]

Linotype is 84% lead, 12 % Antimony and 4% tin. Very hard stuff with air cooled in the 22 BHN range(?). I've got a good bit of lino, but I haven't used any yet. My plan is to cut it with pure when my WW ingots get low. Here is some more reading...

http://www.lasc.us/CastBulletAlloy.htm#linotype

Edited to say- Ole: You're a faster typer than me!

[runfiverun]

good lino is 4% tin and 12% antimony.
it is good for some things. or adding to others to make good alloys.
if you have soft lead and add it 3-1 to lino it comes out much the same as ww alloy,
or mix it with ww's to harden the alloy and add tin to the mix. a 3-1 mix of ww's to lino comes fairly close to hardball alloy. [@ 1.3 tin/5.25 antimony]

[454PB]

I have lots of it, and my favorite recipe is 50/50 lino/pure lead. I use this for rifle loads over 1600 fps., and also for .454 Casull at full throttle.

As R5R said, it is also very useful at higher dilution for milder loads and reduced velocities.

[stubshaft]

I have lots of it, and my favorite recipe is 50/50 lino/pure lead. I use this for rifle loads over 1600 fps., and also for .454 Casull at full throttle.

As R5R said, it is also very useful at higher dilution for milder loads and reduced velocities.

That's the old hardball alloy and I use ALOT of it. Easily repeatable and it works for the cartridges that I shoot at 1600 to 2000. For cartridges that I load above that I use pure Lino.