ordinary average everyday alloy?

[b52fizzle]

Is there such a thing? Looking to cast for 45acp, 30-30, 45-70 nothing crazy. I am wondering if there is a magic mixture that can fill all my needs? Kind of envy some of you guys that have time for your experimenting. Hoping to alloy all that I find in ready to use ingots. Limited time will barely have time to cast shoot and hunt. Figured air cool for pistol calibers and water drop for rifle rounds?

[HangFireW8]

WW + 2% tin is the heir to the throne of Lyman #2.

HF

[machanic]

Clipon wheel weights YES!! Even without 2% tin, air cooled, water dropped, heat treated, covers about all ones needs, I am not an expert by any means, but from what I have read this seems to be a general consences.

[zomby woof]

WW + 2% tin is the heir to the throne of Lyman #2.



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[b52fizzle]

Thanks a lot for the info, been reading as much as I can but Geez y'all have a lot of info. So far bout a 1/3 of my stash is stick on what ratio can I add these to clip on and keep similar properties? I know I can test for hardness and all but hopin and prayin to keep it simple.

[runfiverun]

1/3 is a good mix then.
i use bout 25% stick-ons or whatever soft i have to my ww's and add some tin.
that's my big pile of lead ready to cast mix.
i have some other piles of stuff,but that mix is the main one cause that's about the mix of ww's i got in the buckets.

[Lizard333]

For my 45 ACP, I use 50/50 COWW to SOWW. This covers most of my pistol rounds. If I need it harder I water drop.

For my rifle I do 10/1, COWW to Lino, water dropped.

[cbrick]

Is there such a thing?

Looking to cast for 45acp, 30-30, 45-70 nothing crazy.

For these calibers clip-on weights + 2% Sn air cooled would serve you well. For these there is no need to get fancy or make it over complicated.

The only thing I use softer than this is HP's in the 45, mouse fart HP loads in the 30 Carbine & 32-20 where I use the stick-on weigths + 2% Sn. Loads such as these is what I save my stick-on weights for.

The only thing including rifles to 2000 fps where I use harder is clip-on weights + 2% Sn heat treated to 18 BHN in my very top end long range revolver loads.

Rick

[badbob454]

coww and 25% soft pb plus 2-3 tin will work well,in all mentioned and expand in rifle applications well enuff to do the job i would reccomend water dropping or quenching to gain finer structure resulting in a harder boolit.
this and any of the above should work well

[badbob454]

Clipon wheel weights YES!! Even without 2% tin, air cooled, water dropped, heat treated, covers about all ones needs, I am not an expert by any means, but from what I have read this seems to be a general consences.

However,... adding tin, will give you far less rejects, and a nicer looking boolit .

[machanic]

However,... adding tin, will give you far less rejects, and a nicer looking boolit .

Looking forword to trying a little tin in the alloy, (just aquired some) though I found the reject level low the casting process has been EXTREAMLY temp sensitive, alloy and mold!!!
Thanks for the headsup!!!!
machanic