presspuller
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I just got back from my tire store with about 2-3 gallons of wheels weights. I have never cast my own bullets and am just getting started down this road.
What I was planning on doing is melting the wheel weights an pouring into muffin ingots for storage till I get the stuff to cast bullets. I was planning on doing this with a cast iron pan and a gas burner. The weights of course are nasty so do I need to use anything to flux them with or just skim off the junk that floats to the top?
Also some of the weights are more silver than grey. I am sure this is to match the alloy wheels that are more common today but are these still lead that is just painted or is it something else?
Thanks for any and all info.
What I was planning on doing is melting the wheel weights an pouring into muffin ingots for storage till I get the stuff to cast bullets. I was planning on doing this with a cast iron pan and a gas burner. The weights of course are nasty so do I need to use anything to flux them with or just skim off the junk that floats to the top?
Also some of the weights are more silver than grey. I am sure this is to match the alloy wheels that are more common today but are these still lead that is just painted or is it something else?
Thanks for any and all info.