miner49r
02-04-2013, 11:30 PM
Glad I didn't jump the gun on some alloy on ebay. Looks like it is boat ballast so I asked the seller if he knew if it was an alloy or pure lead. He replied saying he did not know but would send me a sample.
The sample arrived today in the form of saw shavings. Just enough to cast a .452 SWC. Dropped the crumbs in my little crucible and set it on the hotplate. Waiting... Waiting... I finally hit it with a torch and poured. The base wasn't filled out but the drive rings were perfect and it weighed in at 218 gr.
Seeing that it was taking lot more heat to get it to melt & flow I turned the mold temp high. The bullet looks great but the alloy sure gunked up my crucuble. Too much trouble for me to bother with.
The sample arrived today in the form of saw shavings. Just enough to cast a .452 SWC. Dropped the crumbs in my little crucible and set it on the hotplate. Waiting... Waiting... I finally hit it with a torch and poured. The base wasn't filled out but the drive rings were perfect and it weighed in at 218 gr.
Seeing that it was taking lot more heat to get it to melt & flow I turned the mold temp high. The bullet looks great but the alloy sure gunked up my crucuble. Too much trouble for me to bother with.