11 to 13 quenched

[lastborn]

can someone give me a 20 lb.recipe please.
I have wheel weights, pure lead and tin.
I want a 20 lb. batch with 1% tin to come out to 11 to 13 or so bhn AFTER WATER QUENCHING.
The reason I want to quench is to stretch my WW and I just like dropping in a 5 gal.bucket of water vs air cooled. I know about and have used the alloy calculator over on The Cast Bullet Assoc site, but it doesn't give the quenched BHN.
I am sure someone on here knows this.
Thanks:coffeecom:grin:

[geargnasher]

50/50 WW and soft lead with a pinch of tin will get you in that range after it ages for a week or so, depends on how much antimony and arsenic are in the ww. It will be between 10 and 15 for sure. This is what I use in my rifles a lot for medium velocity hunting. I try for 2%Sb and 2% Sn with the alloy.

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[cajun shooter]

WW's in different parts of the country will vary some on the BHN. In Louisiana they are in the 9-10 area as they are. The tin will not harden them but will make for much better mold fill out. Pure lead and tin mixed 20 lbs of lead to one pound of tin produces the true 20-1 that I and several oters use for BP shooting. You don't need to quelch this in water as it will already have a 10 BHN once mixed. Go to the stickeys of this forum and find the LASC and Glen Fryxell. Your needed info is there or in the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook.

[Ole]

I use 2:1 PB:WW with 1% tin, water quenched, to get 10-11 BHN.

1:1 with same amount of tin runs 16-18.

Pure WW's, quenched, run 20-22 for me.

[Wireman134]

50% WW's to 50% Pb with 2 oz. Sn will give you a mix I use 97%Pb/ 1.5%Sb/ 1.5%Sn. Water dropped after 12 hrs. tests about 12-15 Bhn.

[Suo Gan]

I use 2:1 PB:WW with 1% tin, water quenched, to get 10-11 BHN.

1:1 with same amount of tin runs 16-18.

Pure WW's, quenched, run 20-22 for me.

This is good info. 2:1 + 1-2% will get you where you want to be.