Man I have stick on ww every where . And being new to casting , what do I do with them ?I am shooting a 45LC and a 475 Linebaugh . What would you add to it to make it shoot in these two guns ? Thanks

Stick on wheelweights are typically extruded material that is pretty much pure lead.

the first question is what loads are you shooting in the 45LC?

Because pure lead CAN be easily alloyed, however alloyed lead cannot be UN-alloyed so easily...

Reasonably pure lead or lead with an absolute minimum of tin (and NO antimony) added makes great SOFT bullets that are actually less prone to gas cutting when properly fitted,
partly because they tend to "fill" the bore they are fired in
and partly because purer lead has a higher melting temp
than the harder alloys.

An older Colt 45LC being loaded with black powder
will usually be at it's best with soft lead or alloys ranging from 20:1 to 15:1 lead:tin

The tin having only a minor effect on hardness but having a profound effect on mould fillout.

When casting pure lead running the metal as hot as I can into my RCBS 45-405-GC (for 45-70) single cavity mould
I have never been able to do better than 30-35% pass rate the rest (65-70%) being rejects! adding 1# of 63/37 solder
to each 10# of pure lead (from lead pipe) after getting the
mould up to temperature I have had long runs without a single reject...

"Hard cast" isn't always the solution...



AD

First is getting rid of the nasty part, the sticky. After that, melt, flux and maybe cut 50/50 with the "other" wheel-weights. Depends on what velocities you plan to shoot, all pistol loads are good for the aforementioned.

I use them for slugging barrels and cylinders. I use the rest to cast fishing weights.

Like already stated, stick-ons are almost pure lead. You can alloy them w/ clip-on ww @ 50/50 mix, they'll still ne soft but more usefull. You can also alloy W/ linotype @ 1-10 for about the same results.

yes you can alloy those essentially pure lead stick-on
weights, but the muzzleloader crowd will want to dip you into a lead pot for doing it.

If you REALLY want wheelweight alloy there are guys out there that'll trade you wheelweight for that pure lead.

AD

they also have zinc in them...pure poison to a lead pot.

Rich
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