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Offline 1895GG

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Casting with Linotype
« on: August 23, 2004, 01:37:53 AM »
What are your thoughts on casting with Linotype, pro & con?  I have a large supply and have used it with the understanding it is hard enough it would not lead the barrel as easily as other alloys, but am wondering if it might be too hard.  If so, any suggestions about softening it up by mixing it with wheel weights, pure lead, annealing etc?  Is it so hard it will shatter when hitting heavy bone?
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Casting with Linotype
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2004, 05:27:36 PM »
By all means use linotype if you have it or can get it at a decent price.  Many target shooters get best accuracy with it because it fills the mold so well, which makes better balanced bullets than alloys which are harder to cast with, such as wheel weight alloy.  I reccomend WW alloy highly because it is easily obtained by most casters, and it's the least expensive alloy available.  Also it is tougher at a given hardness than higher antimony alloys (lino), so when it does break up on impact with bones etc, the pieces breaking off are smaller.  Melt temperature of WW alloy is slightly higher than Lino, and will allow shooting at higher velocities before leading becomes a problem.

For game use, it will stand up well at impact speeds to about 1800 fps if large  bones aren't hit, and will do very well even against large shoulder bones at impact speeds to 1500 fps or so.

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