Alloy mix ?

[foxtrapper]

I have 200lbs of pure lead , 10 lbs of Linotype ,50 lbs WW and a half bag of chilled shot. Using what I have I'm looking for a mix to use for gas check bullets in large bore revolvers and rifles 45/70 lever gun . So far I have been using pure WW with great success . Thing is my WW stash is getting low and I have these other goodies begging to be used. So is there one combo of these metals that I can use with the same success as straight WW? Thanks in advance!

[runfiverun]

mix the lino,shot,ww's and 75 lbs of the pure together.
this will give you a good nuff alloy you won't notice the difference between it and regular ww alloy.
a lb [1] of tin wouldn't hurt the mix none.
it should be right near 10-11 bhn.
if you want it harder waterdrop it from the mold that will get you near 18-20 bhn.
but will retain the malleability you need for hunting use.

[foxtrapper]

Runfiverun thanks. I printing this !!

[bumpo628]

The mix above would give you an alloy around 0.4% tin, 2% antimony, without the extra 1 lb of tin.
You should check out my alloy calculator (link below) - this is exactly the situation it was made for.

[foxtrapper]

Bump can't get it to download on my iPad.

[bumpo628]

It is an excel file that is zipped up (compressed). Winzip or winrar will unzip it.
Or is there an error downloading the file itself? Maybe you could try it on a desktop and then transfer the file over. I can email it to you if all else fails.

[runfiverun]

bumpo's numbers are right close to what i come up with off the top of my head.
and the bhn numbers should be super close too.
the extra tin will give you about 1% tin and a good ballanced alloy.