You can buy both Lead and Tin (to roll your own alloys) from midwayusa.com .
D.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Andrews" <nickjandrews@gmail.com>
To: <gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Re: Making bullet molds and casting your own
bullets from scrap...
> Yeah, I do seem to recall that. But where the hell do you get lead wire
> from?
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Pierre Coueffin
> <pcoueffin@gmail.com>wrote:
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>> My girlfriend's grandfather casts a lot of dwnrigger weights using
>> tire-weights. He uses 2-part steel molds, with alignment pins to
>> keep the halves from shifting. He likes to let the mold heat up over
>> the crucible of lead before pouring, to make the lead flow better.
>>
>> Did you see the article a year or so back about swaging bullets from
>> lead wire in either HSM or MW about a year back? It is very
>> interesting stuff.
>>
>>
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> Nick A
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