Smelting WW just a thought

Gosh Tex, your panties are all bunched up for no reason. I meant it as a slightly sarcastic joke but not in a mean way. There is a certain level of intellect required for sarcasm to work so I will make my apologies for the assumption.

In simpler terms, what I meant to say was: don't act like a jackass correcting somebody else's use of the language when you can't even write a sentence without making 4 errors. And don't get all snotty when somebody points it out.

BTW, you spelled ass wrong too. :)
 
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Holy Hannah,People spend to much time on the internet.I can hardly wait till spring so I can go fishing.First thing I will do is put a smelt on my hook and go casting.
 
Firstly thanks for the grammar, spelling and Nomenclature lesson; CGN at it's best

Now back to melting metal. Adding tin up to 2% does make for nice smooth boolit, doesn't seem to make much difference in handgun shooting but sure is nicer to fondle.

Easy to tell 0.5, 1 and 2% apart.

Richmond Metalex sells tin for about 13 bucks a pound.


Nowadays melt WW in one electric pot far away from me. Once it is ready, add the flux, scoop out junk, pour directly into LEE melter for bullet making; skip the time/heat wasting ingot stage.
 
mr.e moose said:
Holy Hannah,People spend to much time on the internet.I can hardly wait till spring so I can go fishing.First thing I will do is put a smelt on my hook and go casting.
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LOL, be careful what you say. Some guy with 30 years experience casting smelts will go to critical meltdown because you should say 'lure' and not 'hook'.

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... Nowadays melt WW in one electric pot far away from me. Once it is ready, add the flux, scoop out junk, pour directly into LEE melter for bullet making; skip the time/heat wasting ingot stage.
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I do that sometimes. Melt ww and ladle it directly into the casting pot and start casting. The downside is you never know what you're going to get - ww composition varies and you might get different mixtures on different days. If you melt all your ww at the same time and stock pile them you have less chance of variance but if you are using it for pistol bullets it doesn't make much difference.

How much tin you need depends on the mold and the temperature you are casting at. If you increase the pot temperature it makes your mold hotter which gives better fill-out. But the downside to that is you need to slow down casting to allow more time for your bullets to cool. With a bit more tin you can usually get good fill at lower temperature and cast faster. Everything is a tradeoff.

For pistol bullets I find there is usually enough tin in the ww. I'll start casting and if it's not filling out well I add a bit of tin.
 
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Tin is your friend if you want to cast nice Boolits. I use 95/5 solder to sweeten my pot.1/8 of a pound to a 10 pound pot of wheel weights aids in mold fill out.
 
More good information. Thanks for the input.
Plus a pretty good internet dog pile as a bonus. One word can turn into so many. What fun!

Ordered a nice new mold from NOE 358 121gr RN PB for a 9mm. CZ 75 Shadow line and SAM 9 mm. Currently have a NOE 454 230gr RN PB. It makes very nice Boolits ( I feel naughty saying Boolits. My grade one teacher with the wooden ruler is tossing in her grave I'm sure) They feed very well. I'm hoping the 9mm will be as good. For my 357 mag I have a Lee 358 158gr SWC that works fine.

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