so i recently decided to cast my own bullets. the production cost would bring it down some because I have a friend who can hook me up with some wheel weights. My cousin also works at a tire shop and says he will try to get me some.
a couple of days ago my friend dropped off about 25 lbs worth of mixed wheel weights. I did give him 100 rounds of copper plated 9mm I loaded to show him i mean business. He said there's more of where that came from. I was about 1/3 done sorting through them and noticed about 80% were lead and the others were zinc/steel. I did test them out with a pair of pliers and tapped them on a piece of metal to be sure.
before I start investing in the molds and equipment, how are you guys doing with lead? i mean finding a good or free source reliably? I keep hearing that the wheel weights are going towards zinc, steel and plastics now... also where is a good place to get them online if that were to be the case.
a couple of days ago my friend dropped off about 25 lbs worth of mixed wheel weights. I did give him 100 rounds of copper plated 9mm I loaded to show him i mean business. He said there's more of where that came from. I was about 1/3 done sorting through them and noticed about 80% were lead and the others were zinc/steel. I did test them out with a pair of pliers and tapped them on a piece of metal to be sure.
before I start investing in the molds and equipment, how are you guys doing with lead? i mean finding a good or free source reliably? I keep hearing that the wheel weights are going towards zinc, steel and plastics now... also where is a good place to get them online if that were to be the case.