What is the max velocity for wheel weights? 1800 fps too fast?

I use an alloy of 50/50 which is clip on wheel weighs and lead, I water quench the bullets right out of the mold, and I let them age for a minimum of two weeks. That alloy does age harden and the long you let them age the better they get till they fully age. With that said I've pushed that alloy to 2700 fps. You cast loading for that velocity has to be spot on and it's not easy. So wheel weights either water quenched or oven heat treated should be able to do the same.

Smokin what do you mean by "half clip"?

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Originally posted by D Humbarger:
Smokin what do you mean by "half clip"?

Sorry D, I meant to say half of each and it reads wrong. I edited it out. Thanks for pointing it out.

I think that much depends on the rifle. I have a new Win 92 in 44-40 that has shallow rifling and cast bullets are accurate only at low velocities. I also have a Win 71 (.348) made in 1937 that has deeper more pronounced rifling and it's accurate with cast bullets at much higher velocities.

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Originally posted by Leo L.:
I think that much depends on the rifle. I have a new Win 92 in 44-40 that has shallow rifling and cast bullets are accurate only at low velocities. I also have a Win 71 (.348) made in 1937 that has deeper more pronounced rifling and it's accurate with cast bullets at much higher velocities.

The working word in your post is "think". All those high velocities I got are with new modern barrels with shallow rifling. Geargnasher has gotten high velocity with an exceptionally shallow rifling barrel. So that's not true.