cavelamb wrote:
Gunner Asch wrote:


Some casters cast using a ladle from the top, others ..like myself are
lazy and tend to use lever activated bottom pours. They both have
things for and against them. Probably the best bullets are poured from
properly heated, properly fluxed and clean lead via ladle. But the
differences are small and only the purist really notices.

Battery lead..is exceptionally high in calcium and other stabilizing
metals..and when they are used up...tend to be filled with a horrendous
number of oxides and trace metals that really makes them worthless for
bullet making. Melting them down is hard enough..and by the time you
skim off all the crap that comes to the top..your pot is almost empty.

Crom knows Ive tried every possible way to melt down batteries. As have
countless others...all futily.

It should also be noted..that pure lead..suitable for black powder
guns..is pretty easy to cast good, well filled bullets through a wide
range of heats.

Alloys..from wheel weights to #2 and other alloys..are far more touchy
about their mix, their heats, their fluxes and how you cast them.

A well experienced caster can cast nearly anything..but beginners and
the novice...need some assistance when casting even wheelweights when
they first try, unless they read all the documents available and go
about it systematically.

After having cast hummm...probably a half million bullets in 35 yrs...I
find it boring as hell and tedious..mindless work that I can do
virtually asleep. But...thats not true for new casters.

Gunner

A general rule for bullets, apply liberally :-)



Can you cast .380?

If so, I'd like to try some of your shot.


Yeah, I know you consider it a sub-standard round.
But it's what I've got...


can you?


Maybe ship along with my ship fitting.

And Yes, I'll shoot it.



Aw hell, Guns, I ain't no brighter than you...



Ferget the bullets!
Just get my boat back in business!