 |
|
| Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work. |
| Reply |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
|
|||
|
|||
45 ACP ammo
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! |
| Reply |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Forum | |||
| 45 ACP ammo | Metalworking | |||
| 45 ACP ammo | Metalworking | |||
| 45 ACP ammo | Metalworking | |||
| 45 ACP ammo | Metalworking | |||
| 45 ACP ammo | Metalworking | |||
Linear Mode
