Can someone explain what "Hardball" alloy is? Where did this term originate?
I am used to the military 230gr jacketed ammo being referred to as "hardball" but am not familiar with "hardball" lead alloy.
Thanks.
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Can someone explain what "Hardball" alloy is? Where did this term originate?
I am used to the military 230gr jacketed ammo being referred to as "hardball" but am not familiar with "hardball" lead alloy.
Thanks.
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Commercial "hardball" alloy used by the large commercial bullet casters is 92% lead, 6% antimony and 2% tin, aboutc16 Bhn, which works well in the Magma automatic casting machines and produces a well filled out, hard bullet which can stand rough handling in shipment. Much harder than needed for most purposes and prone to heavy leading if bullet is undersized. I prefer 50-50 Wheelweights and soft plumbers lead with 2% tin added, about 10-11'Bhn. Far superior for general use
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Thanks for the explanation and links. Much appreciated.
Side note, a 50-50 alloy of linotype (84-12-4) with pure lead (100-0-0) gets you what is called hardball. Numbers are (lead-antimony-tin).
It sure works well in .45 Colt bullets, when pushed over 1000 f/s. In .45 ACP, the Lyman #2 alloy seems to shoot tighter (for me), when bullet shapes are identical, but I have to having a very good day, to tell the difference.
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SOWW and Hardball for me. Yields 11.3 BHN. I can find lots of SOWW locally.
Used in 9mm Glocks and 10mm Glock/Carbine at 1600fps. Powder Coated and No leading at all.
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