Snakeoil
Well-Known Member
I hauled what lead I had out to the lake for an alloy mixing and ingot casting session. I found a bunch of ingot I had made years ago and forgot they were under the bench. But when I put them in the bucket, they kinda clinked instead of thudded when I dropped them in. I used my pencils to test hardness and they appear to be wheelweight alloy. That would have been the only odd and/or hard alloy I ever had because back in my BPCR days, I bought virgin alloy from a supplier in NJ.
So, I use 20:1 and 30:1 in all my shooting these days. Is it possible to bring an alloy with antimony in it down in hardness to emulate a 30:1 or 20:1 alloy. I don't want to start throwing virgin lead at it only to find that I'm wasting my time and my lead. I did a search here and found nothing. I did a similar search on the web with similar results. I have the alloy calculator spreadsheet shared here and it really does not tell me what I can do, if anything to soften up the wheelweight alloy.
If I can't fix this stuff, I'll just give it or trade it with somebody at the club.
So, I use 20:1 and 30:1 in all my shooting these days. Is it possible to bring an alloy with antimony in it down in hardness to emulate a 30:1 or 20:1 alloy. I don't want to start throwing virgin lead at it only to find that I'm wasting my time and my lead. I did a search here and found nothing. I did a similar search on the web with similar results. I have the alloy calculator spreadsheet shared here and it really does not tell me what I can do, if anything to soften up the wheelweight alloy.
If I can't fix this stuff, I'll just give it or trade it with somebody at the club.