clip on ww's & stick on ww's - what ratio

[tim josey]

Hi, old guy new to casting (sort of) . I shoot 380, 9mm, 38 spc. & 45 acp. all target rounds. I tried doing a search, but didnot find or couldn't understand the ratio. In layman terms, what ratio of cww and sww's would be ok for this type of shooting. I melted down both kinds and wound up with about 11# of cww and 40# of sww.
Great site, can't get enough reading time.

Thanks

Tim

[paul h]

I've always shot straight clip on ww's, mostly because my ww source seemed to give me about 98 parts clip on to 2 parts stick on.

I'd say so long as you keep your 9mm loads on the milder side you should be able to mix 2 parts stick ons to 1 part clip on and come up with a good alloy.

[GLL]

I commonly mix 50/50 CWW/Stick-On(pure Pb) for .38 Special, .44 Special, and .45 AutoRim.

Jerry

[clintsfolly]

have shot straight WW to 75% pb or stickies with WW. Have shot 100% pb in the 45acp but after 100rds had some leading but it cleaned with a few swipes of the brush. Clint

[williamwaco]

I would say
100% COWW
or up to 50/50 COWW/SOWW