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Thread: Copper wire load

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    Quote Originally Posted by wywindsor View Post
    Wire is free to me. And most newer pennies are steel.
    Nope. 97.5% zinc, 2.5% copper. Last time we had steel pennies in production was 1943.

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    I don't know abut the zinc/copper content but, 1943 is correct for steel.
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    get a LEE no4 buckshot mold
    makes 24 at a time
    they are joined together 4 on a chain of lead.
    You just clip them apart.
    I make them and size them and shoot them from my .223
    Forty some dollars and shipping from MIDSOUTH SHOOTERS SUPPLY.
    Rotometals will sell you some lead
    they used to pay shipping if you spent 100 dollars.
    worth checking if you have a mould but no lead.
    Last edited by Alferd Packer; 03-14-2021 at 05:27 PM.

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    What Sharps45/90 said will work perfect. With insulation left on measure and mark. Ratchet cutters will leave neat ends and razor knife would split of the insulation easy. I have Klein’s that run $140 but saw some at Harbor Freight for $20. Make sure you cut nothing but copper and aluminum or you will ruin your cutters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by maxreloader View Post
    It would be cheaper to cut up pennies and use them.
    I hadn't noticed that they are magnetic. Aren't the new pennies zinc?
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check