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    Pure tin wanted/needed

    for me to use in casting 80/20 bullet alloy for my .45-70 Govt reloading.

    A location somewhere in the Eastern part of England would be useful to know about.

    TIA

    tac

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    Hi, a lot of places will only do a minimum order of 1KG at around £60-65 posted, these do smaller amounts and are in the Midlands, Also some do not like personal callers due to the usual suspects

    http://www.lowdenlimited.co.uk/PureMetals/Tin.html

    ATB, Ed

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    Quote Originally Posted by edbear2 View Post
    Hi, a lot of places will only do a minimum order of 1KG at around £60-65 posted, these do smaller amounts and are in the Midlands, Also some do not like personal callers due to the usual suspects

    http://www.lowdenlimited.co.uk/PureMetals/Tin.html

    ATB, Ed
    Thanks for that link, Ed. I'll leave the gold Range-Rover and double-axle high-end caravan along the road, then? I'll take the rings out of my ears, too, if you think that will help.

    Best

    tac

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    Errrr

    consider the humble pewter tankard……..there's the clue works for me

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    Goodfellow sell it, they are in Huntingdon.

    But their goods-in/despatch guys are right grumpy.

    Mark

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    Quote Originally Posted by bfhb View Post
    Goodfellow sell it, they are in Huntingdon.

    But their goods-in/despatch guys are right grumpy.

    Mark
    Never heard of them - I'm looking now though.

    Many thanks.

    tac

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    Bloody He77! Quote from Goodfellow's site....

    770-206-91 200 g GBP 205.00

    I think I'll try using moonrock - it's cheaper.

    tac

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    Simplest option is probably going to be to buy the cheapest (by weight) pre-cast bullets and then melt them down and recast them. You can occasionally get a really good deal on stuff that isn't shifting in a shop.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rollo View Post
    Simplest option is probably going to be to buy the cheapest (by weight) pre-cast bullets and then melt them down and recast them. You can occasionally get a really good deal on stuff that isn't shifting in a shop.
    Hmmm, sounds like a plan to me. Sadly, my local dealer is very loathe to part with anything, even for money. Most everything in the place seems to move with great alacrity - at least, that's how it seems to me - everything I want is gone when I get there......

    tac

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    Tac, sorry about the link... ... Their Tin is 99.9995% pure, so that is probably the reason for the price.

    As for the dealer, did they look in the wooden drawers below the reloading stuff...

    I will have a scout about and see what I can find. Does it have to be Tin?

    Another thought is you could use 60/40 solder and calculate the correct amount to add. It is only lead, tin and a bit of resin which will burn off.

    Mark

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    Quote Originally Posted by bfhb View Post
    Tac, sorry about the link... ... Their Tin is 99.9995% pure, so that is probably the reason for the price.

    As for the dealer, did they look in the wooden drawers below the reloading stuff...

    I will have a scout about and see what I can find. Does it have to be Tin?

    Another thought is you could use 60/40 solder and calculate the correct amount to add. It is only lead, tin and a bit of resin which will burn off.

    Mark
    Hmm, I'd forgotten about that solder-y stuff. I need to get the calculizer out of the drawer and do some calculizing.

    Thanks.

    tac

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    Rapid electronics lead free solder pellets are £43.24/kg plus tax.

    That is 0.45% to 0.9% copper with the residual as tin.

    I buy from them all the time, ask me nicely and maybe we can figure out some dodgy under the counter type deal

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    You could make your own alloy.

    Melt down a few suitable bullets and cast them into balls. Put one at a time at the bottom of a tube about 4-5 feet long and drop a metal weight, such as a steel bar, down the tube. Do it 3-4 times and measure the indentation with a micrometer so you know what you grade of alloy you need.
    I know it is not rocket science but if you amass different grades of lead you can test it and tell how hard or soft it is and take it from there.

    Lead/tin solder is stall available on boot sales, and you can use wiped lead joints which are high in tin. It is a bit of messing getting the right alloy but any lead you have, or alloy, you can test the same way and use it as a guide to get the result you want.

    Atb.

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    have you tried linotype?

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    Also 1/2 kilo pure tin....

    http://jdreloading.com/casting/casti...casting-metals


    Nice bloke.

    Mark

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