Barnacle Brad
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I want to cast some bullets and took inventory of my ww ingots...
When I cast last time I was happy to use pure ww with the understanding the hardness is is fine for my 357 and 44 mag.
My quandery is that I only have about three lbs of ww, but have pure lead on hand and some tin to make up some hardness. I don't have a tester to verify hardness - not too worried about it, but still am interested in preferred hardness for pistol rounds. I think I should be in the 13-17 bnh range.
What to do, what to do?
(Go Ducks)
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I should have went and looked at the alloy calculator instead of making this post i guess. The bnh of ww is 12.4 and pure lead is 8.2. Time to get set up to pc some bullets I think since ww are scarce. I think the scarcity is a a conspiracy involving the EPA and powder coat manufacturers, or something like that...
When I cast last time I was happy to use pure ww with the understanding the hardness is is fine for my 357 and 44 mag.
My quandery is that I only have about three lbs of ww, but have pure lead on hand and some tin to make up some hardness. I don't have a tester to verify hardness - not too worried about it, but still am interested in preferred hardness for pistol rounds. I think I should be in the 13-17 bnh range.
What to do, what to do?
(Go Ducks)
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I should have went and looked at the alloy calculator instead of making this post i guess. The bnh of ww is 12.4 and pure lead is 8.2. Time to get set up to pc some bullets I think since ww are scarce. I think the scarcity is a a conspiracy involving the EPA and powder coat manufacturers, or something like that...
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