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TRowe Full Member Offline Posts: 174 Joined: Sep 4^th, 2017	Linotype to lead Jun 10^th, 2022 at 8:16pm	Print Post
	How much lead do you need to add to Linotype to make 1;25 by weight.


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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2053 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Linotype to lead Reply #1 - Jun 10^th, 2022 at 8:26pm	Print Post
	Tom, most linotype is 4% tin and 12% antimony, so as far as the tin goes, you're already at 1 in 25. Is this what you were asking?


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TRowe Full Member Offline Posts: 174 Joined: Sep 4^th, 2017	Re: Linotype to lead Reply #2 - Jun 11^th, 2022 at 11:34am	Print Post
	Bob I didn't know what mix lino was. Sounds like I would shoot it as is and not worry about the antimony.


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3882 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Linotype to lead Reply #3 - Jun 11^th, 2022 at 12:52pm	Print Post
	Tom, what do you want to shoot it in? It will be a lot harder than straight 1 to 25 which some shoot in BPCR. Dan Theodore was experimenting with, IIRC, 1 to 16 with like 2% antimony as his hardest BPCR/BPTR alloy.


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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3878 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Linotype to lead Reply #4 - Jun 11^th, 2022 at 12:54pm	Print Post
	you can mix it with lead to make the Lyman #2 alloy which is good for hunting.

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TRowe Full Member Offline Posts: 174 Joined: Sep 4^th, 2017	Re: Linotype to lead Reply #5 - Jun 11^th, 2022 at 4:16pm	Print Post
	I will be using it in .28-30s, .32-40s and .38-55. What amount of lead has to be added to equal Lyman No. 2?


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Linotype to lead Reply #6 - Jun 11^th, 2022 at 4:32pm	Print Post
	Tom myself I would contact RoroMetals as that is their specialty and they have been extremely helpful to myself on such things for numerous years in my own past. I would also typically email then rather than to call them as it also gave me the ability to carry on the same conversation with them if need be.

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GunBum Full Member Offline Posts: 187 Location: SW Missouri Joined: Oct 30^th, 2021	Re: Linotype to lead Reply #7 - Jun 11^th, 2022 at 5:32pm	Print Post
	Lyman #2 is 90/5/5 There is no direct dilution of Linotype to make Lyman #2


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16145 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Linotype to lead Reply #8 - Jun 11^th, 2022 at 5:52pm	Print Post
	I've mixed linotype and lead at 50/50 for decades and gotten good bullets.

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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1573 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Linotype to lead Reply #9 - Jun 11^th, 2022 at 5:57pm	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Jun 11^th, 2022 at 5:52pm: I've mixed linotype and lead at 50/50 for decades and gotten good bullets. One of my favorite recipes as well.


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