You don't want pure lead bullets. They are too soft. Most lead bullets
are an alloy which makes the a little harder. Google bullet casting and
you'll see. A lot of casters like the tire weighs and they are already
pretty close to the correct hardness. I myself bought the electric
melting pot with the tap in the bottom and have found several good uses
for it other than casting bullets. I cast .452/255gr. and .38/158gr.,
and I swag each one after casting.
From: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Demand
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 12:51 PM
To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [gingery_machines] lead
Nick,
If ya want lead wire wire cast yer own. Pouring slightly oversized
bullets
and swaging to size might be faster.
Lead is all around. Air gun pellets are nice and pure, the scrap crap
roofers threw in the back yard a few houses back was decent, scuba
weights
will cost more.
If ya need lead an offline message and I'll ship some for postage. I
have
enough to be on someones watch list :-) Maybe twice, I tend to hoard.
jeffD
>3d. Re: Making bullet molds and casting your own bullets from scrap...
> Posted by: "Nick Andrews" nickjandrews@gmail.com
<mailto:nickjandrews%40gmail.com> nicothefabulous
> Date: Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:09 pm ((PDT))
>
>Yeah, I do seem to recall that. But where the hell do you get lead wire
>from?
>
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