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  1. 08-03-2018, 07:47 AM #1
    Yooper003
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    Boolit recipes

    What is your best & cheapest recipe for turning my pure lead into cast boolit material .
    I see on line some material that is 65 1/2 lead - 23 antimony- 12 1/2 tin. I was thinking adding 15# of my lead to 5# of this. Would probably cost me about 40$
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  2. 08-03-2018, 07:56 AM #2
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    Look in the Swappin & Sellin forum:

    http://castboolits.gunloads.com/foru...pin-amp-Sellin

    I looked, and the very first active thread was alloy for sale. You could mix 50/50 clip-on wheel weights, add tin (two pounds of 50/50 solder with 18 pounds of pure lead will make classic 20:1 alloy, or just add a big handful of linotype.
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  3. 08-03-2018, 08:10 AM #3
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    If my math is correct...........
    2.5 lbs. of that alloy with 20 lbs. of your pure lead would be about the same hardness as clip on wheel weights, about 11.4 Brinell.
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    If I had a stash of pure (or near pure) Lead, and nothing else to blend with it, to make it a useful boolit alloy, I would search locally for Lino-type or Mono-type. Sometimes it can be found for near the price of scrap lead. Then I'd use the alloy calculator to formulate a blend for a desired application.
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  5. 08-03-2018, 11:31 AM #5
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    Lead alloy calculator
    http://castboolits.gunloads.com/atta...4&d=1341560870
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  6. 08-03-2018, 12:51 PM #6
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    Thank you, I went ahead & ordered that material. I have the lee .459 340 gr. Mold. Wii that 11.4 hardness work to push that boolit about 1800?
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