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Dear CBO's
Please comment about the following statement I found on internet:
"The ideal temperature for casting wheel-weight alloy bullets should be only
slightly higher than the melting point of lead (621° F). However, to get good
filling out of the mold most casters run about 625° to 675° F."
1) What's your advice to someone who doesn't want to reinvent the wheel?
2) Which thermometer (Lyman, RCBS, or other) would you advise me to buy to
monitor this temperature range?
Notes: I have learned that clip-on wheel-weight alloy reaches its "slushy" melting
point at about 463º F and its "molten" melting point at about 505º F.
Pure lead melts at 621.43º F.
Thank you again for your time and interest to help out someone new to the hobby.
Ryan
Please comment about the following statement I found on internet:
"The ideal temperature for casting wheel-weight alloy bullets should be only
slightly higher than the melting point of lead (621° F). However, to get good
filling out of the mold most casters run about 625° to 675° F."
1) What's your advice to someone who doesn't want to reinvent the wheel?
2) Which thermometer (Lyman, RCBS, or other) would you advise me to buy to
monitor this temperature range?
Notes: I have learned that clip-on wheel-weight alloy reaches its "slushy" melting
point at about 463º F and its "molten" melting point at about 505º F.
Pure lead melts at 621.43º F.
Thank you again for your time and interest to help out someone new to the hobby.
Ryan