Johnch
07-18-2007, 08:01 PM
The last 3 - 4 weeks , several local police dep. have been shooting at the indoor range where I salvage range lead
At least 1 of them , maybe more are shooting total lead free ammo not sure of the brand
I just found this out tonight , but it makes me wonder
Last weekend I melted down 400 lb of the range lead
I then used some of it to cast a bunch of pistol bullets , perfict fill out with no problems
Monday I weighed some of the 45 bullets
They normaly weigh 225 +- 1 gr
But the ones out of the latest batch of range lead are casting 219 - 220 gr
Also they are still pretty shiney , almost like a just cast bullet even after a week +
I was wondering what the lead free core is
If it was Zink , I would have thought it would have floated when I smelted the range lead
Also if I did melt in the Zink , it should have caused me problems when I casted the bullets
Would extra Tin let the bullet stay shiny ?
I know it would lower the weight .
John
At least 1 of them , maybe more are shooting total lead free ammo not sure of the brand
I just found this out tonight , but it makes me wonder
Last weekend I melted down 400 lb of the range lead
I then used some of it to cast a bunch of pistol bullets , perfict fill out with no problems
Monday I weighed some of the 45 bullets
They normaly weigh 225 +- 1 gr
But the ones out of the latest batch of range lead are casting 219 - 220 gr
Also they are still pretty shiney , almost like a just cast bullet even after a week +
I was wondering what the lead free core is
If it was Zink , I would have thought it would have floated when I smelted the range lead
Also if I did melt in the Zink , it should have caused me problems when I casted the bullets
Would extra Tin let the bullet stay shiny ?
I know it would lower the weight .
John