Author Topic: 2% of tin in the lead: Is it Ok for bullets?  (Read 2410 times)

beleg2

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2% of tin in the lead: Is it Ok for bullets?
« on: March 20, 2010, 08:17:05 PM »
I have found some lead I have cart into ingots some year ago.
I used to put 2% of tin in order to get better casting.
As some of you use strait WW for RB I know it will work for them.
Have you use tin-lead alloys for REALs and Maxis?

Thanks
Martin
« Last Edit: March 20, 2010, 08:17:40 PM by beleg2 »

Daryl

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Re: 2% of tin in the lead: Is it Ok for bullets?
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2010, 10:22:32 PM »
You shoot REAL's and maxi's - why? ;)

2% tin will not harden the bullets enough to prevent them from slugging up.

The other DWS

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Re: 2% of tin in the lead: Is it Ok for bullets?
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2010, 11:00:23 PM »
In schuetzen we use a 20 or 30 to one tin and pure lead mixture.  we mechanically force the bullet into the breech end of the rifling before inserting the charged case.  Some guys actually muzzle-load their bullets and breech load the cases.  NO patch is used, just the naked lubed bullet into the rifling.  the 20 or 30 to one is plenty soft.  I imagine you could load a diamond for a bullet since we are using patches anyway.

beleg2

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Re: 2% of tin in the lead: Is it Ok for bullets?
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2010, 11:16:02 PM »
Daryl, DWS,
Thank for the answers.
I was complain they do not "slugg", so it will work.

Thanks
Martin

PS: Daryl, you know ;)