Broken Bullet?

[GP100man]

reloader fred
ive had a batch of about 28# that was (given) to me & i should have suspected summtin then but you know how it is ,you gotta know!!
i cast with a bottom pour now but then it was a ladle& no matter how hot & a dose of tin still no fill out!!
so i went on a pc binge & found
castboolits .com& glean info about temps that different metals melted .
found a thread talkin bout zinc & paid attention to what i was doin.
i melted the pot full all at one time to good & hot ,no fluxin & no stirin then i let the pot start coolin & the zinc started solidifying & i could skim this off ,now yer gonna dip some good off with the bad but i did this a few times & the finished alloy was used for plinkers,i didnt want to try it 50/50 with good metal ,since it only about 20# or so .
i should have made fishin sinkers with it ,too much time spent on the amount of return.
but we all do this to save $$ rite
LLLLOOOOLLLLL!!!!!!
wanted to add :i keep a pair of pliers when sortin out trash & valve stems ,any funny lookin ones that are either shaped funny or shiney gets the squeeze test ,then any ?? ones gets watched close in a small melt that i keep at 625F & i watch my smeltin close ,just as soon as the clips start floatin i start stirin & if you hit zinc weight youll hear it tink on the dipper

GP100man

 

[ReloaderFred]

GP100man,

I've been real lucky and been able to screen out any and all zinc over the years. It will mess up a pour and the bullets aren't worth a thing with zinc in them, unless they're pure zinc, such as the old metal piercing bullets I mentioned earlier. I just acquired another batch of wheel weights, and there is some zinc in there, which I'll screen out before I smelt it. I've also got about 300 pounds of linotype squirreled away that I use for special bullets.

Hope this helps.

Fred