I went to cast up a bunch of boolits this morning and am down to my last 22 ingots. Had over 500 this past spring. Didn't realize I went through so much this past year. Sure can go through them faster with 285 gr WFN 45's.

Alan

Am helping a good friend with improving his cast methods so this spring i mixed up a 125# lot of 50/50 WW pure +1/2%tin he starts cast a shooting his 45colt last week he ask where i move his bucket of lead too because this one only got 4 ingots left. my reply was you move it too the berm 255grs at a time!! now you can help find WW and pure lead. Clint

Take up casting .22 bullets---58 grains you get 120 per pound. Those that have not done it will tell you it is tedious. I don't find it to be too much different than the bigger ones.

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Take up casting .22 bullets---58 grains you get 120 per pound. Those that have not done it will tell you it is tedious. I don't find it to be too much different than the bigger ones.

The casting isn't tedious, but gas checking the little beggars certainly is!

Well, it's gone. Cast up over 600 today. Drained the pot to the last bullet.

Alan

Doubless--I seat gas checks using RCBS sizer/luber and usually during the course will get a small amount of lube on my fingers so that the checks stick sorta like a magnet and make them pretty easy to manipulate. I have also shot the bullets without checks and I question if they are really needed.

Hit a few tire stores the other day. Brought home two 5-gal buckets (100 lbs each) full. Smelted one down this am. Dang! Only got 44 lbs of WW ingots. The rest; 34 lbs of the soft adhisive stick on weights that run close to 8 BHN (pure lead) and other 22 lbs was clips, steel/etc weights. Not a good percentage. I was hoping for a 80/20 ratio not a 44/56 ratio.

Alan

Alan

It is probably hard to find today, but I would check print shops and metal salvage "yards" for linotype.

they might have some lying around, as most do not ues it any longer.

You might be able to trade the soft stick-on weights for clip-on weights to someone with a muzzle loader.

Picked up another 12 lbs of stickons today.

I'm new to casting and have been decently lucky on obtaining WW's. Was given a 40lb. chunk of pure lead the other day. Now I gotta get busy making ingots!

Tire shops around here (Houston) just won't give up the WW. I even offer to pay!

At 430gr per boolit, I am really running through the lead. I better find a honey hole quick!


Tim