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<blockquote data-quote="fatcpa" data-source="post: 2216979" data-attributes="member: 11311"><p>Couple of questions for you bullet casters out there. There isn't much of a supply of wheel weights around here nowdays. I get lead scrap from the local scrap metal dealer when they have it. It usually melts down to fairly pure lead with a brinell hardness of around 5-6. If I add enough tin and antimony to get it up to 15-16, it starts to get pricey. I mostly shoot 44 spl and 45 colt single action revolvers at velocities quite a ways below 1000 fps. Question to you guys, how soft do you cast your bullets? I know a lot of commercial casters sell 12 brinell cowboy action bullets. Do any of you cast softer than that? Second question deals with Lee moulds. I have Lyman moulds for all the calibers that I shoot, but decided to try a Lee mould to see if the Lyman moulds were worth 3 1/2 times the cost (more if you include the handle for the Lyman). I bought a Lee 44 mag 2 cavity mould (gas checked) to mess with. I can get some decent bullets out of it for a while, then it heats up and things go south. I've tried adjusting the melting pot temperature without much luck. It takes a while for the mould to cool down when it gets hot. How do you guys with the aluminum Lee moulds handle the excess heat?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fatcpa, post: 2216979, member: 11311"] Couple of questions for you bullet casters out there. There isn't much of a supply of wheel weights around here nowdays. I get lead scrap from the local scrap metal dealer when they have it. It usually melts down to fairly pure lead with a brinell hardness of around 5-6. If I add enough tin and antimony to get it up to 15-16, it starts to get pricey. I mostly shoot 44 spl and 45 colt single action revolvers at velocities quite a ways below 1000 fps. Question to you guys, how soft do you cast your bullets? I know a lot of commercial casters sell 12 brinell cowboy action bullets. Do any of you cast softer than that? Second question deals with Lee moulds. I have Lyman moulds for all the calibers that I shoot, but decided to try a Lee mould to see if the Lyman moulds were worth 3 1/2 times the cost (more if you include the handle for the Lyman). I bought a Lee 44 mag 2 cavity mould (gas checked) to mess with. I can get some decent bullets out of it for a while, then it heats up and things go south. I've tried adjusting the melting pot temperature without much luck. It takes a while for the mould to cool down when it gets hot. How do you guys with the aluminum Lee moulds handle the excess heat? [/QUOTE]
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