Straight wheelweights will work well. If I alloyed something different I would probably cut the wheelweights 50/50 with soft lead and add a little tin, maybe 1-1/2 %.
Straight wheelweights will work well. If I alloyed something different I would probably cut the wheelweights 50/50 with soft lead and add a little tin, maybe 1-1/2 %.
It really is about a perfect middle ground load. Hot enough to let you know you're shooting a magnum, soft enough you can comfortably shoot 100+ rounds in a session, and accurate enough (out of my gun) that when I put the scope on, I can hit the silhouette target at 320 yards off of sandbags 5 times out of 6.
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 |