Casting bullets for muzzleloader

Discussion in 'Back to Basics' started by kellory, Feb 16, 2015.


  1. kellory

    kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

    Well, were you successful in separating your mold, and did you find any gems amongst the dross?
     
  2. Gator 45/70

    Gator 45/70 Monkey+++

    Oh, Hey man, Never fired up the burner other than 3 weeks ago, Cranked out some more .58 cal.hollow base 575 gr.?
    for my old pad-naah and then the rains came, Its slowed down for the last couple of day's but I'm on the edge of the Gulf today, Not due to beach in until the 11th, Perhaps the coming next weekend I will have a better answer for you?
     
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  3. kellory

    kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

    Lucked into a lead lined wood door. Most of it went to a scrapper, but I got about a third of it. (Several hundred pounds of soft lead):)
    I spent about ten minutes, stripping the wood off it, by cold chisle and spudbar, then cut it up in about six pieces for easier handling with a sawsall and a wood cutting blade. This is quite a bit of lead suitable for muzzleloader bullets:).
    As time allows, I will melt down and flux each chunk into ingots for muzzleloader.
    Since I have several ingot molds, I think I will alter two of them to add an "S" for soft lead to the form. (That way they come out, premarked):) IMG_20150623_163305902. IMG_20150623_163801377. IMG_20150623_170248591.
     
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  4. Gator 45/70

    Gator 45/70 Monkey+++

    That should last you a day or two!

    Great score!
     
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  5. kellory

    kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

    [​IMG] New addition for the soft lead ingots. May start cleaning and fluxing soon. Next step will be the mold. @Gator 45/70 , did you find one worth buying from you, or shall I go new?;)
     
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  6. Gator 45/70

    Gator 45/70 Monkey+++

    I finally managed too free the last one in the mix that was frozen, It's a 45 and in very rough shape. I recall that your looking for a 50, Those I don't have.
     
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  7. kellory

    kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

    Is there a reliable market for used molds?
     
  8. ghrit

    ghrit Bad company Administrator Founding Member

    Geez, mate, the Ss are backwards?? :lol:
     
  9. ghrit

    ghrit Bad company Administrator Founding Member

    Check on the handloader's bench and at castboolits. (HB is linked on our front page.)
     
  10. kellory

    kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

    Um ...[doh]
     
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  11. Gator 45/70

    Gator 45/70 Monkey+++

    N
    Never heard of one, Usually its hit or miss at gun shows ,flea markets, Have seen them popup on flea-bay every so often.
     
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  12. HK_User

    HK_User A Productive Monkey is a Happy Monkey

    Ebay.
     
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  13. Gator 45/70

    Gator 45/70 Monkey+++

    Flea-Bay on our end of the country.
     
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  14. kellory

    kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

    Well, if it ever stops raining here, long enough, I may get that soft lead cleaned and in ingot form.
    Right now, it's too wet to even try to paint the trim on my house. :(
     
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  15. MountainMariner

    MountainMariner Clearly Ambiguous

    Finally had time and a fire going so out came the scrap lead and my ingot mold. Didn't count but it's about 60 pounds or so.

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    Should give me a few hundred .530 ball and 54 caliber Lee REAL for the new Hawken.
     
  16. kellory

    kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

    First piece melted down, steel anchors removed, wood scrap used to flux, some what;) this is all soft lead, melted like water from an icicle. Oxy/acet used, with lead suppended, and skillet on three rocks. Then the whole heated, fluxed, and left to cool. IMG_20150804_171137274_HDR. IMG_20150804_175838159.
     
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  17. kellory

    kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

    If the scale is to be believed, that skillet holds #40 of lead.:)
     
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  18. kellory

    kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

    This lead has now been cleaned, all steel anchors and wood now gone. It will get fluxed as it is melted again into the melting pot, and cast as ingots. Total yield from roughly 1/4 of a lead lined door.......260lbs of soft lead. IMG_20150816_150941924.
     
    Last edited: Aug 16, 2015
  19. Ganado

    Ganado Monkey+++

    So when the time comes do you remelt those monster ingots in that skillet so you can cast bullets/balls?
     
  20. kellory

    kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

    Look back through this thread, and you will see the burner and melting pot I will use.:)
     
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