Alloy pure lead

[161]

I have about 400 pounds of pure lead. Is there a place that sells an alloy that will bring lead up so it can be shot in hand guns?

[fredj338]

You can shoot it as pure @ lower vel, it's getting it to cast good bullets. Add a little tin, like 25-1 ratio, it cast terrific bullets & good to 1200fps or so if they are the right size.

[Uncle R.]

You want to list it in swappin' and selling. Pure lead is more valuable than wheel weight metal. I expect you'll find guys here who would trade it for "pistol ready" wheel weight alloy and give you a bonus as well - like maybe 6 lbs for 5.
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Uncle R.

[ShooterAZ]

You can mix with linotype or Rotometal's "super hard alloy" to a particular hardness of your liking. This is what I did. I ordered a big batch of pure lead and linotype and mixed it.

[**oneshot**]

What calibers?

[161]

what calibers?

.358,.401,.430

[357shooter]

For a lot of loads, just adding some solder is all you need. I add 1.5-3% lead-free solder to my pure and shoot it all day long with no leading and great accuracy. That's in a 357 magnum, including full-house loads.

For autos, 40 in particular, alloying will help with the feeding. And just the quirkiness of that caliber. For revolvers though, it's cheap to just add the solder.

[fredj338]

For a lot of loads, just adding some solder is all you need. I add 1.5-3% lead-free solder to my pure and shoot it all day long with no leading and great accuracy. That's in a 357 magnum, including full-house loads.

For autos, 40 in particular, alloying will help with the feeding. And just the quirkiness of that caliber. For revolvers though, it's cheap to just add the solder.

Which is tin.:Bright idea:

[gbrown]

Get some alloy recipes--lots of people will be glad to share--Rotometals (top of page ad) sells tin. There are a lot of other sources--solder, pewter, linotype, monotype. Mix your alloy, check Bhn and cast. Also, check Swapping and Selling--lots of members have this for sale.

[Larry Gibson]

Elmer Kieth used lead and tin at 16-1 for his 44 magnum loads if that means anything......it would work for me anyways as I use that alloy in my .357, 41 and 44 magnums, my 45-70 and .50 cal MLer loads to 1600 fps.

Larry Gibson