dhesive backed wheel weights

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awaveritt

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Scored a five gallon bucket of wheel weights (2/3 full) today. When I got it home and inspected, I discovered that much of it was in the form of adhesive backed lead squares stamped 1/4 ounce. My question is: how does this alloy compare with traditional wheel weights - hareder? softer? any difference. Should I just drop it in with the rest and pay no mind. Forgive me if this has been discussed in a previous thread I may have missed.
 
If they are lead then they are normally closer to pure lead. Most people will melt them separate. I throw a handfull into a full pot. My pot holds 100 pounds of lead so the stick-ons don't change the melt much. I have been saving them lately because I have aquired a bunch of pure lead and plan on melting them with that. If they aren't lead then you can scoop them out with the clips.

Rusty
 
They are softer.

I thow em in with a full pot of the clip style. Hardly makes a dent since they are so small.
 
I smelt mine by themselves. I cast for a couple guys that shoot BP and they need the softer alloy for their rifles. If a couple slip thru and get melted in with your clip-on WWs it is not going to change the overall hardness of your alloy ( technically it will, but the change in BHN will be negligible). I just make sure there are no clip-ons in with the stick-ons. Good luck!
 
I don't worry too much about em. By weight the stick on's make up such a small % of the overall weight of any given melt...I don't worry about it.

I'm casting for my 45acp. Target loads that might make 800 fps.
 
stik ons

the stik ons in my area run bhn 7-8 so alittle alloy is present but generally the BP guys will trade ya out of em if they know ya have em .

if i have a run of em i`ll ingotize em seperate & mix with some WW & try to end up with a alloy that runs 11-13 bhn .

if ya got soft lead you can always alloy it but harder to go softer with out alot of pure to dilute the alloys.
 
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