Anyone add 95/5 solder to thier bullet alloy?

[Fatelvis]

I can get a whole bunch of free, new 95/5 solder, and was wondering if anyone can share a good recipe for ww+ 95/5 for rifle bullets. ( 95 % TIN / 5% ANTIMONY ) It seems to me that it has to be good for alloying, but I never read about anyone using it. Thanks-

 

[Jim Watson]

You don't hear about it because few of us can get it free. I cast only for BPCR and don't want antimony but am of the opinion that you need 2% tin for good casting and more than 5% tin does not do much for you. Wheelweights contain some antimony but hardly any tin.

 

[bogie]

Use silver solder. It works better on werewolves.

 

[HSMITH]

You can trade 95-5 at least 2-1 for lead. 95-5 isn't going to be a good bullet material, you want at least 90% lead to get the weight. Tin also leads barrels a lot worse than a lead alloy.

95-5 is what almost all of us use to add tin to our lead.

Is the 95-5 you can get in wire roll form or ingots? If you are anywhere near SE WI I will trade you 300 pounds of clean wheelweight ingots or 300 pounds of hard lead alloy for 100 pounds of 95-5.

 

[Winger Ed.]

Grab all of it ya can.

Like mentioned above, its commonly added to pure lead for casting bullets and such. What ever you don't use yourself, it'll make excellent trading material as you get farther off into this hobby/sport.

 

[Paul "Fitz" Jones]

Use of Solder And Tin

It is used to add to lead (tire weights)?to make your bullets beautifully shiny and to have the bullets fill out better in the mold.

What you have is valuable material and just add enough to do the job and if you wish to have a consistent alloy then use a lead hardness tester so all will be the same weight and have the same degree of beauty.