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  • trogers

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    Does anyone have any good lead sources around Milton ? Looking to cast my own buckshot.
     

    George G

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    Does anyone have any good lead sources around Milton ? Looking to cast my own buckshot.
    Sometimes you will see where someone is salvaging an old boat.mant times they have lead ballast.check around old boat yards.ive also scrounged wheel weights from tire shops but this is drying up.
     

    SAWMAN

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    Contact jj on this forum. He possibly ( ??) could sell you some.
    Scan his past posts. In some of those he put up his phone number (best contact).
    I believe that he has both soft and hard,in smaller manageable pigs. --- SAWMAN
     

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    If they drop freely from your mold, you likely want the harder alloys for buckshot relative to tight patterns.
    Commercially smaller shot used to be made in drop towers. A drop of molten assumes a mostly spherical shape during free fall.
    Now days the Bliemeister method is used for smaller birdshot sizes.

    Old fashioned drop tower
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    Buckshot I looked it up: Buckshot is traditionally swaged (in high volume production) or cast (in small volume production). The Bliemeister method does not work for shot larger than #5 (0.12 in, 3.05 mm), and works progressively poorly for shot sizes larger than about #6.
     

    trogers

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    What %'s alloy are you looking for ? I have several mix's % wise , including pure Pb

    pm if interested

    Hey, thanks for your reply. I honestly have no idea. Whatever is best for buck shot. I’m sure you know a lot more about it than I. What do you think?
     

    trogers

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    If they drop freely from your mold, you likely want the harder alloys for buckshot relative to tight patterns.
    Commercially smaller shot used to be made in drop towers. A drop of molten assumes a mostly spherical shape during free fall.
    Now days the Bliemeister method is used for smaller birdshot sizes.

    Old fashioned drop tower
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    Buckshot I looked it up: Buckshot is traditionally swaged (in high volume production) or cast (in small volume production). The Bliemeister method does not work for shot larger than #5 (0.12 in, 3.05 mm), and works progressively poorly for shot sizes larger than about #6.
    Cool. I’ve seen these online, never used one though.
     

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    Yes , lee molds are made of aluminum . Lee has specific instruction on how to condition them before casting.
     

    trogers

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    How much you want cleaned and ready to use . 1.25 lb 850-572 6611 jj you have to come get it in Jay.
    Ok , I’ll give you a call this a.m. Thanks!
     
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