New Alloy

[Don McDowell]

Thanks Kurt.

[Gussy]

You trying to fool these guys Kurt?? Where's that wheel wt zink alloy you were using??

You said no way it could "lead the barrel"!!

[Kurt]

Now Gussy you know that it's hard to find WW tnx to the west coast greenies My son-in-law is a service manager in a car repair shot and he brought me two new unopened boxes of the old WW last year and said we are not allowed to use these anymore.

by the way I think I said "big plus to reduce smears" You cant get smears if dry lead don't make contact with the bore.

[mherth]

What about mixing shot with soft lead for alloy? Too much antimony? What is the hardness of shot?

[Don McDowell]

Depends on the shot, but chilled shot mixed with a little tin makes a pretty good bullet.

[Sarge]

Kurt,
Could a cupped base bullet help the 45's bump up more with that alloy?

[Kurt]

RE: New Alloy
Michael I don't remember what is in shot. It used to list what the antimony % on the shot bag I think it's something from 2 to 4% plus arsenic. Now it's Bismuth or some lead free alloy.
But yes you could use it for hardening the lead and tin. Antimony is a crystalline and you can harden a bullet with just a slight % and I use it.

[Kurt]

Kurt,
Could a cupped base bullet help the 45's bump up more with that alloy?

I swage and cast some cup based bullets and it works fine but you have to be careful not to damage the skirt if it get to thin.

[mherth]

Thanks Kurt and Don. I may experiment with that when I return, I have several bags of chilled shot.
Also going to try loading charges by volume rather than weight in the 45-70 to see if there is a difference on the target. Wish our range extended beyond 200 yards. Always looking to simplify reloading.
Mike

[Don McDowell]

Mike I fell into a bunch of bags of Western chilled shot, been using it all last year. Added about 1/2 lb of tin to a 25 lb bag of shot. That's the alloy that I shot at Alliance for the Scoggins match, when that 40-90 was making such a mess out of the bull on that circle target you spotted for me.