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Just got a biscuit tin full of clip-on wheel weights for nothing from my local tyre merchants. I want to cast balls for my BP Revolvers
They are all different sizes, shapes and weights and I’m not even sure if they are made of lead or not.
Is there any sure way of telling?
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For muzzle loaders you would be best with pure lead rather than wheel weights.
The lead being softer is a lot easier to load and less likely to snap ramrods or loading levers. At these lower velocities it helps that the ball can swell to fit the rifling better.
Wheel weights are ideal for bullets to go in cartridges, they shoot at higher velocities and the harder metal is needed to stop the O/D stripping as it goes through the rifling.
Older weights could be lead but newer ones are harder alloys..
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Thanks Smokeless – excellent advice as usual!
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as lead melts at a lower temp than most other metals it should seperate in to lead and not lead if you dont get it to hot??
scotty
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used for higher velocities you will have to melt to git rid of the clips dont throw could use in a lead mix ....or send them my way.
viv
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What John Wayne film did that line come from? ... I've heard it before but can't place it
'Gun control is like trying to reduce drink driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars'
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