Help with Linotype

[Hunterj50]

I have been casting off and on for 30+- years for target and silhouette and have experience only with wheel weights. As they are no longer easily available in California at least with reasonable cost, I had the chance to pick up 50lbs of what is supposed to be linotype. It was supplied in long bars shown below with no markings at all on them.

My questions are:

Does anyone recognize this form of linotype? See pic.

Also, I am trying to stretch my WW hoard, also about 50lbs, as far as possible so am looking for a reasonable blend of the LT and WW. I know straight LT is usually too hard by itself.

The straight WW I use now I water quench. They are working great with no leading from my 38-55, 35 Rem and 30-30. I am shooting at 14-1500fps with gas checked bullets and I am just hoping to keep this up but work the LT in.

On the Los Angeles Silhouette Club web site I found a recipe for a 50/50 blend of LT and WW which says it gives "Approximate Hardball BHN". Does anyone know about what BHN that would likely be and would this be a reasonable blend to continue the results I now get?

Thanks for any help and advice.

[Bob Krack]

The picture depicts exactly what the print shops usually received when they purchased Linotype for their presses (without the chair). If I remember correctly they weighed right at 25-26 pounds each.

Bob

[Huntducks]

The picture depicts exactly what the print shops usually received when they purchased Linotype for their presses (without the chair). If I remember correctly they weighed right at 25-26 pounds each.

Bob

Bob hit it on the head.

These were lowered into melt of a type set machine.

[runfiverun]

25 unless they have a big void in them.
mixing lino and pure 50-50 will give you 2/6/92 or terracorp magnum alloy. [hardball]
i would mix the lino 1 part to three parts pure that will give you a bhn of about 11.
and be real close to ww's with some tin added.

[southpaw]

If all you have is ww and that lino I would mix it 1 part lino and 3 parts ww. That should get you to (or close to) hardball with only 1% tin. Have you tried air cooled boolits for those lower velocities? Just a thought.

You could also sell or trade the lino for ww.

Jerry Jr.

[bumpo628]

You can get Hardball (2% tin, 6% antimony) by mixing Lino & Pure at 1:1

Since you have clip-on WW (assume 0.5% tin, 3% antimony), here are some numbers for you:

Lino:WW
1:1 = 2.25% tin, 7.50% antimony
1:2 = 1.67% tin, 6.00% antimony
1:3 = 1.38% tin, 5.25% antimony
1:4 = 1.20% tin, 4.80% antimony
1:5 = 1.08% tin, 4.50% antimony
1:6 = 1.00% tin, 4.29% antimony
1:7 = 0.94% tin, 4.13% antimony
1:8 = 0.89% tin, 4.00% antimony
1:9 = 0.85% tin, 3.90% antimony

[Hunterj50]

Great info everyone. Thanks for the input. Should put me on the right track. Never knew much about linotype and this is an education.

[Hardcast416taylor]

Do you really need to cast boolets that hard? If you have access to pure soft you can make a very shootable alloy of 50/50 with WW, or a lightly softened LT of a 10 - 1 alloy. this will make the lead stockpile stretch a bit longer.Robert