before and after

[dlbleak]

half a bucket of wheel weights turned into boolits

thats how to load for $2.50 a box or less

 

[NikatKimber]

Looks nice! How long did that take?

I need to find a source of harder lead to alloy mine with. What I have is nearly pure lead.

 

[dlbleak]

take your pure lead to a recycler and trade for wheel weight. they are getting a good deal and you are getting what you need. never timed the process, once you get in the mode(and a couple of beers on a hot day) it goes fairly quick. i didn't count but looks like a couple hundred rounds of 38 and 45 each.

 

[1fast8]

i have a question the bullits i buy have a seal do these not need a seal

 

[HiredHand]

Looks nice! How long did that take?

I need to find a source of harder lead to alloy mine with. What I have is nearly pure lead.

Rotometals makes a super hard antimony lead alloy that you can use to harden up your alloy.

http://www.rotometals.com/product-p/30_antimony_70_lead.htm

 

[HiredHand]

i have a question the bullits i buy have a seal do these not need a seal

Do you mean a gas check?

 

[tyromeo55]

Looks nice! How long did that take?

I need to find a source of harder lead to alloy mine with. What I have is nearly pure lead.

Ive been looking into this myself. Google for people adding Pewter. It can be found fairly cheaply in various forms at garage sales and the salvation army

 

[HiredHand]

Here's an article from lasc.net about Super Hard Alloy. http://www.lasc.us/SuperHard.htm

Super Hard is a 70% lead (Pb), 30% antimony (Sb) alloy that is used to increase the antimony percentage (harden the alloy) of your current lead supply such as clip-on and stick-on (tape type) wheel weight, plumbers lead, sheet lead and many other lead alloys. It is made with virgin metals, not from scrap metals so you are adding perfectly "clean", new alloy to your casting pot. With the addition of pure bar tin from Roto Metals the sky is the limit and you take control of your casting alloys, even with many scrap lead alloys.

 

[dlbleak]

i have a question the bullits i buy have a seal do these not need a seal

i will lightly roll these in lee "alox" bullet lube and run through a sizer. after that i may lightly lube them again.
i use the small die-like single stage sizer that does not luba as it sizes. will add a larger production sizer in the future.
been doing this way for many years and couldn't begin to add up how many hundreds if not thousands i have saved

 

[DRC458]

i have a question the bullits i buy have a seal do these not need a seal

Do you mean a gas check?

I, too, assume you mean a gas check. If so, that depends entirely on the bullet. Some are designed to take a gas check, while others are 'flat-based,' and do not accept a gas check.