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I may have some extra antimony after I use up all my pure lead, especially since I'm now shooting for a 75/25 ratio. I'll let you know in the next few days.
I have a stock of pure tin as well, and can put it into the mix if it helps the antimony go into solution ... but I was hoping just to keep it simple and just have PB/Sb alloy. That will make it easer to get the exact Pb/Sn/Sb mix I want when it comes time to actually start casting bullets. Or I could just shoot straight toward a particular alloy (say #2 or hardball) and call it good.
I'm going to see if I can easily get the antimony mix to work first.
On a side note: I'm wondering if something like #2 and powder coating would hold up in a moderate rifle load.
I have a stock of pure tin as well, and can put it into the mix if it helps the antimony go into solution ... but I was hoping just to keep it simple and just have PB/Sb alloy. That will make it easer to get the exact Pb/Sn/Sb mix I want when it comes time to actually start casting bullets. Or I could just shoot straight toward a particular alloy (say #2 or hardball) and call it good.
I'm going to see if I can easily get the antimony mix to work first.
On a side note: I'm wondering if something like #2 and powder coating would hold up in a moderate rifle load.