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Melting wheel weights for casting bullets?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Johnson" data-source="post: 1051206" data-attributes="member: 84129"><p>That's exactly the route I took! This is what I got:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/King-Kooker-54-000-BTU-Bolt-Together-Propane-Gas-Outdoor-Cooker-with-6-qt-Cast-Iron-Pot-Aluminum-Basket-and-Lid-1644/202483330" target="_blank">King Kooker 54,000 BTU Bolt Together Propane Gas Outdoor Cooker with 6 qt. Cast Iron Pot, Aluminum Basket and Lid-1644 - The Home Depot</a></p><p> </p><p>although it was about $60 when I got it. It will hold about 100# of lead alloy. One advantage of this, besides keeping the junk out of your casting pot, is if you make 100# batches, you will have a large, very consistent alloy for repeatable results.</p><p> </p><p>One other thing, sawdust works much better as a flux than beeswax. There's technical reasons for this and I would heartily recommend you download and read <a href="http://www.lasc.us/Fryxell_Book_Contents.htm" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">From Ingot to Target: A Cast Bullet Guide for Handgunners</span></strong></a></p><p> </p><p>You can download it here: <a href="http://www.lasc.us/castbulletnotes.htm" target="_blank">Cast bullet reference on lead alloy's, min / max pressure, lube, shrinkage,</a></p><p></p><p>I've been in the casting game over 35 years and this is, by far, one of the best books on the subject ever to come out, and it's absolutely free.</p><p> :</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill Johnson, post: 1051206, member: 84129"] That's exactly the route I took! This is what I got: [URL="http://www.homedepot.com/p/King-Kooker-54-000-BTU-Bolt-Together-Propane-Gas-Outdoor-Cooker-with-6-qt-Cast-Iron-Pot-Aluminum-Basket-and-Lid-1644/202483330"]King Kooker 54,000 BTU Bolt Together Propane Gas Outdoor Cooker with 6 qt. Cast Iron Pot, Aluminum Basket and Lid-1644 - The Home Depot[/URL] although it was about $60 when I got it. It will hold about 100# of lead alloy. One advantage of this, besides keeping the junk out of your casting pot, is if you make 100# batches, you will have a large, very consistent alloy for repeatable results. One other thing, sawdust works much better as a flux than beeswax. There's technical reasons for this and I would heartily recommend you download and read [URL="http://www.lasc.us/Fryxell_Book_Contents.htm"][B][FONT=Tahoma]From Ingot to Target: A Cast Bullet Guide for Handgunners[/FONT][/B][/URL] You can download it here: [URL="http://www.lasc.us/castbulletnotes.htm"]Cast bullet reference on lead alloy's, min / max pressure, lube, shrinkage,[/URL] I've been in the casting game over 35 years and this is, by far, one of the best books on the subject ever to come out, and it's absolutely free. : [/QUOTE]
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