Just my 2 cents. My father and I have probably cast and shot thousands of wheel weight alloy bullets. For certain older arms the alloy is sometimes considered "too hard" but for modern target use, I've had no complaints. Care must be exercised to make sure that sand or miniature rebar gets filtered, skimmed or settled out. Straight pine tree resin fluxes the melt nicely, as does beeswax.
Of course I have a 5gallon bucket or two I got during the "switchover" to NON LEAD wheel weights. Alas the new alloy isn't anything usable. I'm in California so I don't know if the change has happened elsewhere.
Reading Harold Hoffmans Making Loading Dies and Bullet Molds pretty much taught me everything about making molds. Thankfully most of it is lathe work!
However a few areas about dimensions weren't clear and some checking with the SAAMI cartridge/chamber dimension drawings made it clearer.
My personal interest is in a quieter handgun round for coyote at close range, of course there aren't any bullet weights suitable. .22 just makes em angry and 9mm is overkill and overloud. When surprised you never get a chance to put in earplugs!
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, Nick Andrews <nickjandrews@...> wrote:
>
> So, has anyone built their own bullet molds for either pistol or rifle
> bullets? I read an article in HSM (I think) recently about modifying an
> existing one, but I would like to make my own so I can make several sets of
> six-cavity molds for good production without spending a fortune. I was
> thinking boring out in lathe from two blocks of aluminum that are held in a
> 4-jaw with indexing pins and machined to work with common mold
> pliers/handles. Any ideas?
>
> On another note regarding casting of bullets, the Lyman manual talks about
> adding tin to tire weights for better flowability. A friend says tire
> weights have tin and antimony already, but I have never heard of tin being
> added to tire weights. The guy is a known BSer though.
>
> --
> Nick A
>
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>
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>
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