Adding pewter??
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JBinMN
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Mitty38
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I have always treated pewter as tin when it comes to bullet making.
As a metallurgical lab worker.
And Spectrometer operator. I just can't see enough a difference percentage wise.
After the mixing of the two. Say, as high as 10 to 1. All percentages of metals other then tin, in the pewter, become too minimal to make a difference. At least, any more then the natural contaminate present in the lead already.
Before I acquired a variety of lead. Or much knowledge.
Before I started powder coating. Or started messing with range scrap and wheel weights.
I got started, loading for the .357.
I shot 20-1, by weight. Pure Lead to pewter.
In my .357 aloxed. All the way up the weight and speed scale.
With only the fastest, hardest loads checked. Never a problem if the fit was right.
When I went to Powder Coat dropped the checks. No issues.
Don't know much about BHN. When it comes to bullets. Or what the commercially produced charts say I should do. But the 2 or 3k bullets I sent down range with that mix. My gun and the targets did not seam to mind.
Just got a bit expensive finding and acquiring all that pewter.
After the next melt. I will be using a 75%-20%-5% mix of range scrap, 30 to 1 and wheel weights. With about 40 lbs. Pre cast whatever bullets. Thrown in.
Then Powder Coated. Plain base, in everything pistol( but BP). Not because it is better or special.
But because it will work and I will be able to mix up 400lbs of one consistent alloy.
Considering my average pistol bullet weight. That will be about 19000 bullets of consistent alloy.
Figure this to possibly be my last pistol alloy melt ever.
As a metallurgical lab worker.
And Spectrometer operator. I just can't see enough a difference percentage wise.
After the mixing of the two. Say, as high as 10 to 1. All percentages of metals other then tin, in the pewter, become too minimal to make a difference. At least, any more then the natural contaminate present in the lead already.
Before I acquired a variety of lead. Or much knowledge.
Before I started powder coating. Or started messing with range scrap and wheel weights.
I got started, loading for the .357.
I shot 20-1, by weight. Pure Lead to pewter.
In my .357 aloxed. All the way up the weight and speed scale.
With only the fastest, hardest loads checked. Never a problem if the fit was right.
When I went to Powder Coat dropped the checks. No issues.
Don't know much about BHN. When it comes to bullets. Or what the commercially produced charts say I should do. But the 2 or 3k bullets I sent down range with that mix. My gun and the targets did not seam to mind.
Just got a bit expensive finding and acquiring all that pewter.
After the next melt. I will be using a 75%-20%-5% mix of range scrap, 30 to 1 and wheel weights. With about 40 lbs. Pre cast whatever bullets. Thrown in.
Then Powder Coated. Plain base, in everything pistol( but BP). Not because it is better or special.
But because it will work and I will be able to mix up 400lbs of one consistent alloy.
Considering my average pistol bullet weight. That will be about 19000 bullets of consistent alloy.
Figure this to possibly be my last pistol alloy melt ever.
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