Pure lead

[FLYBOY]

I come by 200 pounds of pure lead .What do I need to mix with it to cast 38and 45acp bullets out of it.Thanks in advance for info.

[Slow Elk 45/70]

Hello Flyboy and welcome....go to the bottom of the home page and go to the LASC site, lots of info there on boolit mix alloys...good casting...S.L.

[cbrick]

It's also at the bottom of this page . . . Or just use this link . . . Cast Bullet Notes (http://www.lasc.us/CastBulletNotes.htm)

Rick

[fredj338]

I come by 200 pounds of pure lead .What do I need to mix with it to cast 38and 45acp bullets out of it.Thanks in advance for info.

For those vel, you don't need a hard bullet. A 25-1 lead/tin mix would work fine, so 8# of tin would do the whole 200#. You could also mix 50/50 w/ clip-on ww for a good sub 1000fps alloy. It's what I shoot most in my 45acp.