wheel weights and lino type

[catkiller45]

What hardness level do you guys think I would get by mixing say 5 lbs. of wheel weights to 1 lb. of lino type?

And also maybe a 5o-50 mix...Would the bullets be too hard for hunting use..I should be able to push them pretty fast if a gas check was used,right...John:Fire: [smilie=1:

[454PB]

I generally use either 75/25 or 50/50 WW to linotype for full power .454 Casull loads, depending on weight and barrel length they are moving about 1600 fps. The 50/50 mixture is around 16 to 17 BHN, and I've seen no evidence that they are brittle. All my wheelweights are over 20 years old, and measure around 12 BHN. My linotype measures 21 BHN, so plug these numbers into some calculation and you can come very close to the final hardness.

Your results will depend on the age of your WW alloy, I hear some of the newer ones are softer than the older ones.

[Junior1942]

Plain ol' air cooled ww works fine for hunting alloy up to 1950 fps with plenty of lube, IME. Save your lino for something else--like trade it for ww.

[Bear4570]

I use a 50/50 mix and my hardness tester runs 16-18 depending on the WW's.

I use that mix for anything over 1000. Anything less I go with straight WW's.

[Lloyd Smale]

5050 is a real good hunting alloy. It is not fragile or is pure lynotype air cooled at any handgun velocity.

[Blacktail 8541]

I use 50/50 mix for hunting loads and think it is a little over kill. I've been thinking of going to 75/25 ww lino combo and water quenching. I have a couple hundred pounds of lino and think I may have wasted my money getting it.

[Lloyd Smale]

let me know what you want for it if you dump it.

[FISH4BUGS]

What hardness level do you guys think I would get by mixing say 5 lbs. of wheel weights to 1 lb. of lino type?

And also maybe a 5o-50 mix...Would the bullets be too hard for hunting use..I should be able to push them pretty fast if a gas check was used,right...John:Fire: [smilie=1:

I have been casting all my handun bullets and submachinegun bullets with exactly that formula for 30 years. Can't be beat. It is the Lyman #2 alloy supposedly.

[Shuz]

I've been using 3:1 ww to lino for many years for my rifle shooting needs. Air cooled it ends up at Saeco 8 (Bhn 14) and water quenched Saeco 11 (Bhn 27-28). Handgun alloy remains WW +1% tin, for a Saeco 7 (Bhn 11)--Shuz

[Outpost75]

Linotype and Wheelweight blends, to estimate hardness:

[Lino-Pounds(22) + WW-pounds(12)] / TotalPounds = BHN

So:

1:5 linotype to wheelweights: 1(22) + 5(12) = 82 /6 = 13.6 BHN

1:4 linotype to wheelweights: 1(22) + 4(12) = 70 / 5 = 14 BHN

1:3 linotype to wheelweights: 1(22) + 3(12) = 58 / 4 = 14.5 BHN

1:2 linotype to wheelweights: 1(22) + 2(12) = 46 / 3 = 15 BHN

1:1 linotype to wheelweights: 1(22) + 1(12) = 34 / 2 = 17 BHN

[44man]

BHN means nothing, it is what your boolit does on game. Boolit weight, caliber, velocity and accuracy is what you look for. All will change with each gun.