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I may be late to this game, but I'd buy it all at that price. You can't loose!

The thin, shiny strips are spacers. If you fold them and they break leaving a grainy looking break line, then they...

If it casts good, I'd say your OK! Purple is the pure lead from the battery clamps and lead pipes! Heat pure hot and it goes rainbow on you. Yellow, purple and pinkish blue.

Fluxing will blend...

Ten years ago:

100 pound bucket; (12 pounds of Steel, 7 pounds of Zinc, 18 pounds SOWW and 63 pounds COWW.)


Now:

100 pound bucket; (23 pounds of Steel, 35 pounds of Zinc, 9 pounds SOWW and...

Nope! I avoid things that don't make sense to me, like SALT and gun stuff!

I tried the propane gas machines and never felt like I had a real handle on it. I wound up with an AMP machine from...

It may be .243 Win, but I had no luck finding any at reasonable prices and I hate having formed brass with the "wrong" head stamp (ie: .260 Rem brass that says .243 Win).

My solution was to go...

If you can find a source of Wheel Weights, I'd go there first. I can get a 100 pound bucket of used wheel weights here for $5-$10 per bucket. That leaves a lot of room. I used to get 85% lead...

If you were melting an alloy with Tin in it, the melting point would be lower than pure or near pure lead. Could be your gray clumps are just close to pure and your temp was not high enough to melt...

I use 20:1 and 25:1 for casting hollow point bullets in handgun loads.

The Tin content helps me control the expansion, something that you don't want, and gets better mold fill-out than pure lead. ...

Travis:

I have to agree with Dusty. Your alloy may be the best in the world, a real discovery, but there is no way it is Lyman #2. The minute you ad or take anything away, like Copper, you...

Minimum is Zero, Nada, None!

Minimum for easy casting is 1%!

I like about 2% for general shooting/handgun loads (2% Tin, 3% Antimony, 95% Lead). Lyman #2 (5% Tin, 5% Antimony, 90% Lead) for...

I purchased 1000 pounds of Linotype from a print shop that had closed due to the owner passing.

The sellers, his family, tossed in three Linotype ingot 'Pig" molds in the 20 pound+ size, as part...

Yeah, I agree 100%.

Only thing, I would not cast with straight Linotype, way too hard for me and costly as well, but I get your point on the Water Dropping. I cast for fun and to save money, but...

Yep, Lyman #2 is 15 BHN, air cooled.

Hardball gets you there with less Tin, but it is more brittle and a bit harder to cast with. I supplied information for Lyman #2 because that is what he asked...

First off, your recipe doesn't really work. You'll be light on the Tin and Antimony. Most of these recipes were way off, so I always make my own recipe. (That is the FUN part!)

I'd try this (use...

Since you have 2% Tin, I'd Match the tin at 2% SB or go to 3%. No more is needed.

But I would just use it that way without the effort and wasted time of heat treating which I do not personally...

GoodOlBoy:

Easy answer. People are getting tired of the same question over and over. "Can I use lead from car batteries safely?"

And YES, that IS what he asked!

The OP could have ready the...

It is fun to melt stuff. That is why!


I agree. Leave it in original form and use it as needed! Also, the spacer strips may be a different alloy than the printing strips with wording applied. ...

I would say that the 1/4% Sb won't make much of a difference. Even Pewter adds some Sb with the Tin and everyone seems to use that. It will be just a little bit harder, but not enough to really...

That site will only let you buy one pound of any powder for $30-40 ea.. Then they add $43.00 for shipping!

The prices aren't the issue, it is the fact that you can'y buy in volume to offset the...

Also, the M855 is actually less lethal from a pistol with a short barrel than from a rifle barrel (Less velocity). There is no logic here only emotion and a scheme to disarm all of us so that they...

Gotcha!

Ban , Ban , Ban!

Maybe we ought to start banning something that they like?

So, they'll probably bring it back later, quietly, when nobody is looking and shove it down our throats?

Also note that any rifle ammunition will penetrate a Bullet Proof Vest/Police Body-Armor. ...

The following quote came directly from my congressman via e-mail. I would expect that it is accurate.

Hopefully the price gouging will stop now!




I confirmed this here:
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In case you want to check your math, my calculator says that:

10 lbs. of Lyman #2 plus 6.65 lbs. of Pure Lead will get you 3% Sn, 3% Sb, 94% Pb!

10 lbs. of Lyman #2 plus 2.49 lbs. of Pure Lead...

I am with the majority here. 725 Deg F. If I go much higher, I get too much frosting. Fill-out is excellent, cooling is almost instanateous and there are no other issues. I use two cavity molds...