Laser Cast Alloy?

[101VooDoo]

Anyone know what's in Laser Cast Bullets?

I've got an Cimarron 1866 in .44 Special and bought 500 Laser Cast 200gn bullets; these things are harder than the devil's d*** and are undersized for my bore to boot.

I'm on the list for one of Miha's 200gn .44 moulds, and since I keep pressure in the Yellow boy down to SAAMI levels I don't have much use for the 400 or so LC's that are left.

Thought I might clean the lube off and use them to alloy other mixes, if I can guesstimate what's in them.

Or, I could just shoot 'em up in my Ruger .44 Special at a bit higher-than-SAAMI levels.

Any Thoughts?

Jim

[Johnch]

No clue as to the aloy

But I had the same experaince with some of their bullets that were given to me , .355 for a 9mm when I found out my 9mm likes .358 boolits

So I used them to harden up some range lead

Just add them slowly to your pot , lube and all
The lube will act as a flux

John

[Casting Timmy]

If I remember right I think there's silver in there alloy. I really wonder if there alloy is something closer to one of the lead free solders.

Silver is used to bring up the melting temperature in the lead free solders, I wonder if that is the reason why they have silver in there mix.

[clodhopper]

Wondering if it could have a small amount of zinc. There are posters on this site that say up to 1% will alloy.
The lazer cast people are so very secretive about their alloy, there could be a small amount of silver in them, but that silver bit kind of stinks like red herring.
WARNING!
FOR BEST RESULTS DO NOT COUNT ON LAZER CAST TO STOP WEREWOLVES AND VAMPIRES.

[462]

Laser Cast boolits is an off-shoot of an Oregon mining operation. Silver trailings are used to alloy the lead. If memory serves, their boolits are in the 27 BHN area.

[Markbo]

27? So that's good for what? Up to 4000 fps? :-?

[fredj338]

Laser Cast boolits is an off-shoot of an Oregon mining operation. Silver trailings are used to alloy the lead. If memory serves, their boolits are in the 27 BHN area.
Exactly, not pure silver. You couldn't afford their bullets if that were the case!

[101VooDoo]

Well, I've got 25lbs of sheet lead and about 11.5 lbs of Laser-Cast.

That's about 2:1 - guess I'll melt them up and see what I get. If they're still too hard I can always add some reclaimed shot as needed.

Thanks,

Jim

[cptinjeff]

Well, I've got 25lbs of sheet lead and about 11.5 lbs of Laser-Cast.

That's about 2:1 - guess I'll melt them up and see what I get. If they're still too hard I can always add some reclaimed shot as needed.

Thanks,

Jim


Please post the results when you get around to it. I have about 20 lbs worth a friend gave me because he couldn't get them to shoot like he wanted and I've been thinking I'd treat them like lino (when I get around to it...it isn't very high on the list right now)and see what happens. Of course, I have no idea what the outcome will be so your info would be very helpfull. Thanks.

[101VooDoo]

Will do - it'll have to wait until I get a hardness tester. Ought to be soon, just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Jim

[lwknight]

There was a guy trading " round tuits " for lube grooves in the classics group.

[DLCTEX]

I read that the lead is from the silver mine and the silver is naturally mixed with it and the small amount in it is not economical to remove. Don't remember where I gleaned that bit.

[DLCTEX]

The hard bullets advocated by the writers like Elmer Keith and other such promoters of our addiction were much softer than the hard bullets of today. Air cooled 20/1 was "hard" to them.

[Canuck Bob]

I've heard the pros like the real hard casts because it eliminates a lot of shipping damage.

[nicholst55]

Someone here on the forum said that he has tested Laser Cast boolits and has never found them to be more than 16-17 (IIRC) for hardness. I don't have a hardness tester, but them OTLC boolits seem harder than woodpecker lips, to me!

[sargenv]

I had some 30 cal 165 fp's that measured about 17 on the LBT bullet tester I have.. They shot real nice.. until I ran out of them.. I need to get my master caster going since I have a 165 mold for it.

[101VooDoo]

There was a guy trading " round tuits " for lube grooves in the classics group.

Picked up one of them round tuits - tester ought to be here next week - I'll check a couple different Laser-Cast's and see what they spec out to.

Jim