GeoDudeFlorida
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That can't be your lead-antimony-tin ratio!45-45-10
Can it???
That can't be your lead-antimony-tin ratio!45-45-10
45-45-10 is an excellent bullet lube, an improvement over straight alox; 45 % JPW, 45% alox, 10% ineral spirits. I don't do much alloying these days but 45% lead, 45% Antimony (!!) and 45% tin might work in my 32 ACP 202 gr RN bullets
Yeah, but if you whip up a batch do yourself a favor and be sure to cook it up OUTside.45-45-10 is an excellent bullet lube, an improvement over straight alox; 45 % JPW, 45% alox, 10% ineral spirits.
My 357 Magnum and 44 Magnum reloads with a Lee Loader took less than 30 seconds longer; flip main die body and tap, tap, crimp installedyeah…. but what about a heavy crimp???
Well, if we're to believe @Engineer1911 - and I have no reason not to - you would be best off emptying all of your shotgun and pistol powders into one container and blending them, thoroughly, then load to the low end of fast powder target range and work up from there, slowly, to 900fps or so with a medium-weight lead bullet. I have a bunch of 1920's and 30's 2-1/2" 16ga. paper hull buckshot I've started cracking open to salvage lead, powder and primers (for black powder) and have given some thought to adding the powders from my range pickup and discarded bullets bin and trying Engineer's formula. I've got a strong enough gun to try it in - a Pietta/Great Western II 1873 .357Magnum - and plenty of .357Maxium brass with cracked necks I can trim down into .38 shot shells. I always need revolver shot shells. We've been getting visits from raccoons lately and they're typically not a bother but these have been and obnoxious troop. A dose of rock salt from the Pietta will learn them some manners.Next step is to figure load ratios from scrounged components. For example. 2x 32ACP bullets will give you enough powder to run 1 45 Colt. A high brass 12 gauge has enough powder to run 5x45 Colt loads. No measuring, just divide it with a card. I love my Lee Loaders.