About a dozen years ago I melted down and cast ingots from wheel weights.
How hard are they and can I cast 38 bullets from them?
About a dozen years ago I melted down and cast ingots from wheel weights.
How hard are they and can I cast 38 bullets from them?
Hard enough for 38 special bullets. I use wheel weight lead all the time.
BB
Yup. I've cast with straight wheel weights and it works fine. Anymore though, I collect metal from a variety of sources and homogenize it. I try to get a mix with at least 5% tin and 2 or 3 % antimony. No way to really know what I've got, but as long as the metal fills out the mold well, shoots well, and doesn't lead the bore, I am perfectly satisfied.
All this talk of casting has me thinking more and more of going on a casting binge. I need a bunch of Lyman 358156, 429421, and Lee 452-252 SWCs.
Still an ogre in need of hormone therapy, living under a bridge somewhere in Texas.
Hey RR do they allow casting under your bridge?
I bought a box of 500 Speer swaged 158 grain L HP swaged bullets.
No 22 s eh. F em I'll just shoot 38 s. At least I can reload the 38 s.
If life gives you lemons make lemonade.
Last edited by j1; 03-27-2014 at 02:40 PM.
Hey Bb I have ingots I made from WW lead. Wanna trade for some 38 bullets? How far apart are we?
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 |