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lead/tin vs. Lyman #2
12-09-2015, 03:12 PM,
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RE: lead/tin vs. Lyman #2
doug,
for black powder loads, generally no antimony is best.
there might be some applications where a little antimony can help, but experiments with lyman no 2 and taracorp magnum alloys have been dismal failures.
kurt has an antimony alloy that works well with long nosed bullets.
generally anything between 30/1 and 10/1 lead/tin is good, but you need to experiment.
bore riding noses can bump into the rifling causing leading, and harder alloys (16/1 and harder) can help here.
20/1 is a good place to start.
keep safe,
bruce.
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Messages In This Thread
lead/tin vs. Lyman #2 - by laowho - 12-09-2015, 01:54 PM
RE: lead/tin vs. Lyman #2 - by Semtav - 12-09-2015, 02:50 PM
RE: lead/tin vs. Lyman #2 - by bruce moulds - 12-09-2015, 03:12 PM
RE: lead/tin vs. Lyman #2 - by laowho - 12-09-2015, 04:56 PM
RE: lead/tin vs. Lyman #2 - by Hiwall55 - 12-09-2015, 07:48 PM
RE: lead/tin vs. Lyman #2 - by laowho - 12-10-2015, 08:37 AM
RE: lead/tin vs. Lyman #2 - by Kurt - 12-10-2015, 12:34 PM
RE: lead/tin vs. Lyman #2 - by Martini2 - 12-10-2015, 01:43 PM
RE: lead/tin vs. Lyman #2 - by Hiwall55 - 12-10-2015, 07:51 PM
RE: lead/tin vs. Lyman #2 - by laowho - 12-10-2015, 08:36 PM
RE: lead/tin vs. Lyman #2 - by Martini2 - 12-12-2015, 10:18 PM

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