have any of you used this for casting?

I would post it on cast boolits as well, but I suspect it can be used like lino type or better. Just a guess though.
 
Look up the price of the stuff first, before you chuck it into the pot. That stuff is $$$ new.

Known alloy, in original ingots = more value in cash that the equivalent in lead by a long shot. Use it in the pot if ya wanna, but like as not, you are going to make some really expensive boolits.

Sell it for it's intended use, and use the money to buy casting materials.

Cheers
Trev
 
with that much tin someone would pay good money id think. then go to a tire shop and buy some Wheel weights or find a source for 1.25ish a lb already in ingots
 
I still have hundreds of pounds of tin and about ton and half of lino so no shortage of filler and hardener.

This came from a machine shop so I would presume this was left over from a job. The only original ingots are in the picture, the rest are like the one underneath the originals (in the picture), so it might be a hard sell to someone who just has to be sure, but melting it down at 300 degree's would be proof in the pudding. I've never seen a gunsmith lap a barrel around here, not to say they don't so I thought it might go that way or a wood carver that was needing to do some inlays.

My concerns were in regards to leading up a barrel due to its low melting point. Oh well, in the pot it goes on my next bulk melting session.

Thanks for the replies, WS
 
c.t.smith said:
with that much tin someone would pay good money id think. then go to a tire shop and buy some Wheel weights or find a source for 1.25ish a lb already in ingots
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The bismuth is worth just as much as the tin. It also reduces the density of your bullets, and increases brittleness. And, most interestingly, bismuth is like water in that it expands upon freezing. You may find serious difficulties getting those bullets out of your moulds.
 
It would be better to place a ad on kijiji and find someone that would buy it from you. Going rate for this is around $25.00 per pound.
 
If it came from a machine shop they were likely using it to either hold parts for machining, or to support thin work so it could be worked on without warping it.

Buncha bucks worth. Yours though. Not gonna tell you that you can't throw good money away, just gonna point out that that is what you will be doing. :)

Cheers
Trev
 
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