Mitty38
Well-Known Member
Lot of guys helped me here so thought this would be a good place to post this.
Facts
1 Alloying is always done by weight not volume.
2 Because an ingot says 1 pound does not mean it weighs a pound.
3 Pewter, 95 percent tin solder, and Tin are pretty much the same thing as far as the bullet caster is concerned.
IMO, which had been formed with the help of the great fellows here and actual experience.
1pound Tin to 30 pound Lead is a good alloy to start with.
PS.1 to 30 gives you 31 lb.
I have made this in my lee pot with clean ingot. 15 lbs. of lead with 1/2 lbs.by weight of tin ingot added.
1 It can be added to Range scrap to make it fill out a mould better.
2 It can be added to COWW to make it fill out better, Make it a little tougher, soften it or harden it depending on how much you add and of you quench.
3 It is great for anything pistol under 1000fps as is.
4 It can be added to stubborn straight lead to make great muzzle loader balls and swcs.
Back to getting the 1 to 30 or 30 to 1 as is called it, and tin into perspective.
Here is a couple pics.
This amount of pewter wear, although it looks like a lot only produced 12 oz. After the non pewter material was removed and it was melted and cleaned. Then poured into Ingot. Something to consider when using pewter finds for tin.
This is what a pound of pure lead and a pound of tin looks like.
Notice it takes way more tin then lead, volume wise to make a pound. A Lee 1/2 pound Ingot of pewter weighs about 2.5 to 2.7 oz.
A pound bar of pure lead is at he bottom of the pick, under the pile of tin Ingot weighing a pound
The Other items were added to give a size perspective.
Facts
1 Alloying is always done by weight not volume.
2 Because an ingot says 1 pound does not mean it weighs a pound.
3 Pewter, 95 percent tin solder, and Tin are pretty much the same thing as far as the bullet caster is concerned.
IMO, which had been formed with the help of the great fellows here and actual experience.
1pound Tin to 30 pound Lead is a good alloy to start with.
PS.1 to 30 gives you 31 lb.
I have made this in my lee pot with clean ingot. 15 lbs. of lead with 1/2 lbs.by weight of tin ingot added.
1 It can be added to Range scrap to make it fill out a mould better.
2 It can be added to COWW to make it fill out better, Make it a little tougher, soften it or harden it depending on how much you add and of you quench.
3 It is great for anything pistol under 1000fps as is.
4 It can be added to stubborn straight lead to make great muzzle loader balls and swcs.
Back to getting the 1 to 30 or 30 to 1 as is called it, and tin into perspective.
Here is a couple pics.
This amount of pewter wear, although it looks like a lot only produced 12 oz. After the non pewter material was removed and it was melted and cleaned. Then poured into Ingot. Something to consider when using pewter finds for tin.
This is what a pound of pure lead and a pound of tin looks like.
Notice it takes way more tin then lead, volume wise to make a pound. A Lee 1/2 pound Ingot of pewter weighs about 2.5 to 2.7 oz.
A pound bar of pure lead is at he bottom of the pick, under the pile of tin Ingot weighing a pound
The Other items were added to give a size perspective.
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