Author Topic: Another lead supplier question (Read 829 times)

hunter280man · « **on:** July 18, 2003, 06:18:57 PM »

Hi Donna; Im another of your newbies here with a few dumb questions also. I went to the star ammo sight but wasn't able to find much in the way of opening pages so I just left them a e-mail hopeing they get back with me. I'm in Michigan so I hope the shipping won't eat me alive.

One of my questions is that I spotted the 2% antomony at Richard Corbins sight....do you or anyone else have a idea how hard the brinnel is on that stuff...or a mixture ratio? 40-1 or so? I'm making a .40 cal keith hollow point RBT/solid lead bullet for mz's and I have to wonder about the pure lead being too soft.

I have a brand spanking new CSP-1 so a little hardness isn't going to hurt. I have about 300# of 20-1 in ingots right now for use in a core caster but thats way too hard for hunting purposes. Should make good target ammo...and its free!

contendernut · « **Reply #1 on:** July 19, 2003, 04:55:26 AM »

I just placed an order for lead wire with Star Ammunition. Lead wire is .70/# for a 60# spool. You have to pay a deposit for the spool and send it back. I don't have the total yet, but when I talked to them, they said it worked out to be around a dollar/pound with shipping and the spool depending on your location. They have both pure lead and an alloy lead.

Donna · « **Reply #2 on:** July 19, 2003, 11:01:55 AM »

Hello Hunter280man,

Glad to have you at this forum and there is no dumb questions. You will not find much on the Star Ammo web site, it is very lacking to say the less, but if you give them a call they can get you setup real nicely. Star Ammo also has 2% antimony. A friend of mine uses the 2% antimony and says it is good stuff for making bullets. I use as pure of lead as possible, anything you add to the lead will decrease its mass density, make the lead lighter. If I want structural strength I’ll use a multi-jacketed construction or use copper tubing. But I don’t know what the BHN hardness is of the 2% antimony. Your press is strong but the only week point is the stop pin, the up grade improved the strength of that week point but it is still a week point plus by doing that upgrade he introduced some other potential long term problems but I am not saying it was not a good upgrade, I have one of the CSP-1’s that has been upgraded to the S-press. So it is not the press that you have to think about as in the hardness of lead alloy, it is the dies you have to think about. But some of the other guy’s can help you out better on lead hardness then I can.

A lead RBT that seems an unlikely mach, but interesting. Let us know how it turns out.

:-D Good swaging and have fun. :-D
Donna

hunter280man · « **Reply #3 on:** July 20, 2003, 08:49:15 AM »

Thankx Contender nut and Donna....I'll get a order to them asap.

Donna, My press is a S press...CSP-1-S, theres just too many different acronims to remember all of them.

I put this desighn together to shoot from a .45 cal muzzleloader. I've been casting now for 25+ years but my skills as a caster are lacking... :grin: I fell in love with the rcbs swc 240gr/gas check desighn in both my .44 mag and the .50cal muzzies so I just decided to go from there with a little help from Corbins.

I have a buddy at this time studying my dies to make a few different tip desighns with larger hp's. Next will be to go to the .429's with the same rbt. Dave @ corbins tells me that the rbt is more accurate at lower speeds such as a mz...and as long as I use a sabbot the gas leakage isn't a issue plus they just plain load easier with a slightly smaller base. Cold hands and plastic cups don't mix when your in a hurry blowing white smoke. :lol: