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45acp
02-21-2020, 02:41 PM
Hi.
Today when i was going to cast some i got some boolits that had some strange faults.

I have recently melt down some ww and i wonder if there might have been some zinc weights in there?
I hope this might been caused from another reason.
Not all bullets, maybe 30% has some faults.
No wrinkles that i understand is common with zinc contamination.
I had the same temperature as i use to (arond 703F, pid controlled).
The only thing that i can think about is that i heated the mold a bit hotter before casting, (and maybe dropping them a liitle faster than usual.
What do u think? Will i need to dump my muffins, around 180lb?
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lightman
02-21-2020, 03:07 PM
Have you used that mold before and gotten good bullets? Did you have a slushy oatmeal looking stuff floating on top of the molten lead?

45acp
02-21-2020, 03:22 PM
Yes, used before and got excellent bullets.
Nope, melt looks fine i think, hard to tell since there are very few movies that shows that slurry oatmeal.
Looks kind of brittle when cooled down in pot after finished session.

modified5
02-22-2020, 02:49 PM
A drop of muratic acid would tell the tail.

45acp
02-22-2020, 03:26 PM
Got my answer,,, no zinc.
Thanks!

jimb16
02-22-2020, 06:51 PM
Add some tin to your mix. That will likely cure your problem.