rafter3c wrote on Apr 3
rd, 2011 at 11:24am:
Hello joel33050
I would like to hear more about your lino & lead mix. I have quit a bit of high quality linotype I purchased for gas check bullets years ago.
[b]I have access to lead and foundry type, and have some of each at home. I have purchased linotype and 20:1 lead:tin. I have some WW left, not much, and WW is getting hard to find. Walmart and Goodrich won't sell it to me, say it's a hazardous waste. I think the days of free or cheap WW will soon be over.
I mix lead and lino/foundry type because pure lead is wicked hard to cast-good bullets take a long time to cast. Add some lino or foundry type and pot temp can go down and casting is much easier.
I have bullets cast of various alloys at various times in the past. [/b]
Also what type of shooting are you using this mix with and casting pot temp.
I shoot gc bullets in 308 Win and 30BR, pb bullets in 32-35 Maynard, 45-70, 30-30, 308 Win.,Werndl, etc. Pistols in 308 Win and 30BR with gc bullets. Almost everything 1500 fps or under.
I had no lead thermometer, was made to feel guilty, got one, used it, recorded temps, so nothing to be gained by measuring temps, now the thermometer gathers dust. Right now I am testing BRC barrels with both B/S and fixed loads so I am going through a lot of lead. Thanks Ken
I have not been able to make a connection between bullet hardness and accuracy in any gun of any caliber, ever. <1500 fps or so.
WW and 20:1 and almost only lead shoot the same in my 30-30 martini bench gun for the past 20 years. BS or fixed.
I've tried hard = lino bullets, high velocity, but don't see the point.
I have good records of the last 24,628 bullets cast.
joe b.