Casting bullets?

[PlayboyPenguin]

Does anyone in the area cast their own bullets? Do you have the ability to cast silver?

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[edslhead]

RUH ROH

 

[Modeler]

Just curious, but why don't you carry the silver bullet as the first round?

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

Just curious, but why don't you carry the silver bullet as the first round?

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Cock the hammer and see where that round is then.

 

[Member 5605]

Just curious, but why don't you carry the silver bullet as the first round?

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Clockwise rotation...

 

[therealhitman]

I run my Pro-melt at about 720 for my wheel weight + Linotype alloys. It looks like there's more gas in the thermostat by a couple of clicks. Definitely not gonna be enough to push past the 1700 or so we would need to melt silver. A cast iron pot on a propane turkey fryer might do it. Anyone ladle casting that way? How hot can you get? I gots some silvah fo some boolits too!

 

[etrain16]

@Benchrest might be someone that could possibly assist you - I believe he is one of a number here that cast their own. I think he's the kind of guy that might be up for an interesting challenge.

 

[Modeler]

Cock the hammer and see where that round is then.

Clockwise rotation...

But... It's a Rhino. The barrel is on the bottom. So it's the second round to be fired? Or the fourth? Just in case you miss the first (second/third) time?

 

[Member 5605]

But... It's a Rhino. The barrel is on the bottom. So it's the second round to be fired? Or the fourth? Just in case you miss the first (second/third) time?

Haha. I'm yanking chain. Sorry.

Not only that but it's held upside down with a rear facing cant.

Look who owns it... That says enough. Damn vampire wanting to kill of werewolves.

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

But... It's a Rhino. The barrel is on the bottom. So it's the second round to be fired? Or the fourth? Just in case you miss the first (second/third) time?

Yay! Someone caught it.

 

[Stomper]

I caught it, I just didn't want to get involved.

 

[Benchrest]

Ain't silver a bit too hard for boolits?

 

[Stomper]

Alloys...

 

[biggie24420]

 

[therealhitman]

I half expected this to be PP/YM posting. Musta been a full moon.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?298404-Click-Here-if-you-want-to-cast-silver-bullets

He even has a site going...

https://sites.google.com/site/vwgsilverbullet/home

 

[Joe13]

I run my Pro-melt at about 720 for my wheel weight + Linotype alloys. It looks like there's more gas in the thermostat by a couple of clicks. Definitely not gonna be enough to push past the 1700 or so we would need to melt silver. A cast iron pot on a propane turkey fryer might do it. Anyone ladle casting that way? How hot can you get? I gots some silvah fo some boolits too!

I have an oxy/acetylene torch that will melt it, "both pure oxygen (99.5%) and acetylene in proper proportions to yield a flame of about 3,480 degrees Celsius."

Would need a pot and dies though.
Edit- Looks like a plain ol plumbers propane torch will melt it as well.

Found this on wiki but it's probably nothing most folks don't already know:
http://m.wikihow.com/Melt-Silver

 

[Stomper]

I use 15% and 45% silver-solders all the time to braze-weld refrigeration lines and various components with oxy-acetylene.

 

[Velzey]

This is what I use to cast all my silver bollits...isn't this what everyone still uses?

Worked 50 years ago and it still does!

 

[Stomper]

Dang, that takes me back the High School Metal Shop Class!