cast bullets out of chilled shot?

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Diablo Slim

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I am trying to cast 300 gr. 45 cal hardcast bullets out
of a Lee mold -can I used chilled shotgun shot ?I have a lot of it.
I'm trying to make 45 heavy colt rounds for my Ruger Blackhawk.:evil:
Thanks for any input!
 
CHILLED SHOT
(American Standard)
with Equivalent Hardness Factor of:
2% Antimonial Lead Alloy
You will need to add Linotype to the shot for heavy 45 colt loads with air cooled bullets. Or you can oven heat treat/water drop to make them harder.
 
I think chilled shot contains a little arsenic; if so it should respond better to heat treatment (water dropping) than its antimony content would suggest.

Shot (chilled or magnum) never contains any tin. You might need to add 1/2 percent or so to get it to cast well, up to 2%. But try it first without, cuz tin is expensive.
 
You will need to add Linotype to the shot for heavy 45 colt loads with air cooled bullets. Or you can oven heat treat/water drop to make them harder.
The lead doesn't have to be all that hard if the bullets are heavy.
 
Yep as mentioned add some tin for fill out , ya may gain a point on the bhn scale if ya go to 2% but after that it`s just adding $$ to the alloy.
 
The graphite coating on the lead shot will act as an insulator so don't fill you pot full or it will take awhile to melt,put it about an inch deep to begin with melt and flux and skim off the graphite and repeat the process till you have enough to make your ingots.
 
I think chilled shot contains a little arsenic; if so it should respond better to heat treatment (water dropping) than its antimony content would suggest.

Shot (chilled or magnum) never contains any tin. You might need to add 1/2 percent or so to get it to cast well, up to 2%. But try it first without, cuz tin is expensive.

+1.

Don
 
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