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Offline Turk

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Bullet Alloy
« on: January 27, 2007, 04:10:23 AM »
What is your preferred bullet alloy for casting.

Mine is generally Lyman #2 Tin 5/Antimony 5/Lead 90, Brinell 15 either purchased or mixed from WW/Tin or WW/Lino/Tin.  With the magnum pressures I sometimes use a mix of Tin 2/Antimony 7/Lead 91, Brinell 18.  For rifle I use either Linotype or oven heat treated WW.

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Re: Bullet Alloy
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2007, 07:09:30 AM »
Depends on what your using the bullet for.
Hand gun, modern HP rifle. Buffalo gun.
Smokeless powder or black powder.

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Re: Bullet Alloy
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2007, 12:29:16 AM »
lead pot hit it. It all depends on what your doing with the bullet. Ive probablyi got 6-10 differnt alloys in the barn at any one time. Ive got pure, range lead, ww, lynotype, and tin mixed in many differnt combinations. Your #2 is a good all around alloy for about anything though
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Re: Bullet Alloy
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2007, 01:57:33 AM »
For general plinkiing, quenched wheelweights (WW).  For hunting with my 45 Colt carbine, 1/2 lead, 1/2 WW.  For the pistol in 45 Colt, straight WW.  Paper patched bullets call for virtually pure lead.  Mine are rougly 1:40.
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Re: Bullet Alloy
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2007, 11:45:32 AM »
I use two - either ww +2% tin air cooled for medium hard, water dropped for hard - or 20 : 1 lead and tin for soft alloy. It seems to me there aren't many applications that can't be covered by these two.
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