Stick on lead wheel weights.

[The_Shmoo]

Would like to start casting one of these days, and in my formative years I got in the habit of hoarding new and used lead stick-on weights from the tire machines at work.

Do these need to be cut with anything to make them suitable for something like light .44 magnum loads?

 

[yomomma]

I've never cast for .44 magnum loads.

If I were to thought, i would probably to 50/50 stick on/clip on.

For light plinking stick on would be fine.

Probably would powder coat them too.

 

[Snider shooter]

Stick on wheel weights are softer than clip on ww. For the 44 rem mag I like a harder alloy such as Lyman #2 formula. For my 180 gr WC I use straight wheel weights due to the low velocity.

 

[Al Bear]

Never cast for .44 magnum loads.

Ok, I’ll bite ... why not?

 

[bunny]

44 mag is awesome with cast bullets

 

[yomomma]

Ok, I’ll bite ... why not?

Fixed it for yah see edited post

 

[vagrantviking]

44 mag is awesome with cast bullets

Most awesome!
I've put over 20gr of H110 behind cast bullets and expected to be pushing the limits but it worked fine.

The soft lead would probably work for mouse fart loads but most will require harder alloys as mentioned.

 

[B.C.Jay]

Stick on weights come in two flavors.

The flat, mostly uncoated ones are usually near pure lead. They and are very soft and easy to tell apart the others.

The ones that look like they were cast in a mold are for the most part very similar to COWW. I throw those ones in with clip ons.

It's worth separating the two types.

 

[bertn]

Stick on weights come in two flavors.

The flat, mostly uncoated ones are usually near pure lead. They and are very soft and easy to tell apart the others.

The ones that look like they were cast in a mold are for the most part very similar to COWW. I throw those ones in with clip ons.

It's worth separating the two types.

Those other ones are most likely zinc ww.

 

[sawzall]

Those other ones are most likely zinc ww.

Zinc ones are obvious. They’re usually very smooth. They don’t look like they’ve been cast in a mold. The painted ones with raised edges are the same as clip on wheel weights. They’re almost always painted. Unpainted are for all intents and purposes are pure lead.

 

[yomomma]

Those other ones are most likely zinc ww.

Zinc ones are obvious. They’re usually very smooth. They don’t look like they’ve been cast in a mold. The painted ones with raised edges are the same as clip on wheel weights. They’re almost always painted. Unpainted are for all intents and purposes are pure lead.

These are just about the same as COWW

 

[The_Shmoo]

Yeah, this will be purely a recreational load for my 629, nothing crazy, just something to put lead down range, maybe 800-850fps if I can get powder.

If I do run the pure lead stick-ons, is there something I can add to the melt to firm it up a little bit?

 

[yomomma]

I can trade you some stick on for some clipon.

I evrn have surplus tin

 

[freire]

Would like to start casting one of these days, and in my formative years I got in the habit of hoarding new and used lead stick-on weights from the tire machines at work.

Do these need to be cut with anything to make them suitable for something like light .44 magnum loads?

I don't cast for the 44 Mag, but i do use stick-on weights for the 45-70 and haven't noticed any problems with it.

 

[Snider shooter]

Yeah, this will be purely a recreational load for my 629, nothing crazy, just something to put lead down range, maybe 800-850fps if I can get powder.

If I do run the pure lead stick-ons, is there something I can add to the melt to firm it up a little bit?

The metals used for hardening lead are tin,antimony and Linotype. Antimony is usually in ww in small amounts. Linotype can be bought from a scrape yard. Tin I usually get from bars of 50/50 lead tin mix. Some people are using pewter from ornaments as one of the ingredients is tin. Straight ww I find can be used very well in many regular pistol loads. Maximum 357 loads is where I start using harder bullets. I have currently increased my hardness of 44 mag bullets due to buying a barrel for my Contender pistol. The longer barrel was starting to have lead deposits after about 125 rounds.
My alloy is 18 lbs of ww and 2 lbs of Linotype which solves any leading.