[TheForge] Printers lead

[A Vida]

Given the price on ML bullets these days I can appreciate why you'd want 
to cast your own.  They are $1 apiece!  Ridiculous.

Then again, ammunition has gone sky high.  A box of 375 H&H for $45!

Washington, Aubrey O. wrote:
> Right.  As a black powder shooter, I definitely prefer pure lead.
> 
> Aubrey
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> M/L 'ers want pure lead .  Too hard won't catch the rifling as well, and
> will cut patch.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grant Marcoux" <gblacksmith at alamedanet.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 6:26 PM
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Printers lead
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>> Lynn:  Your alloy is great for bullets and possibly for babbit bearings.
>> It
>> is MUCH tougher than pure lead.  Perhaps you could find a caster that
>> would
>> swap you some pure lead for some alloy.  Try bullet casters, esp. black
>> powder shooters.  Grant
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Lynn and Susan Lang
>> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 8:19 AM
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>> Subject: [TheForge] Printers lead
>>
>>
>> Hello
>> I have acquired a quantity of printers lead, ingots that were used in a
>> Mergenthaler linotype.  The proportions are Lead 85 percent, Antimony 11
>> percent and Tin 4 percent. Is this suitable for Repousse backing
>> material?
>>
>> Thank you
>> lynn
>>
>>
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