Making My Own Lyman Alloy #2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- I bought everything necessary to make my own Lyman Alloy #2- the lead, antimony and tin. I kept track of all expenses, including taxes, shipping and waste. I bought a 5 lb ingot of 70% lead / 30% antimony from RotoMetals, Inc. online. I highly recommend them! Fast, professional and fair.
Unless you have a source for cheap bare lead and cheap tin, you are not getting even close to $67. Sourcing all the above metals from RotoMetals will cost $147 before shipping. For that amount you can buy 1400 147gn 9mm factory lead coated bullets equivalent to 30lb of lead alloy. Casting is cheaper only if you have a source of really dirt cheap lead since its 90% of the cost.
I have people who constantly bring me pure roofing and plumbing lead for 75 cents per lb. I watch the bins at my local recyclers ($1 per lb) for Linotype and any harder alloys to mix as well. This was my second purchase from RotoMetals, and I only got it to make a batch of Lyman #2 alloy with precise hardness for my personal hardcast bullets. Most of the lead I pour is sold as buckshot and slugs. RotoMetals lead is way overpriced. I bought one 20 lb bar from them that made a blue plastic-like goo floating on top of the pot when melted. It was hard to dip out, and turned up as streaks in some slugs.
i JUST (3/15/23) PRICED 30# of Lyman Alloy #2 at rotometals - 6 x Lyman #2 Bullet Metal ~ 5 pound Ingot (90% Lead, 5% Tin, 5% Antimony) $107.94 (note: shipping is free with a $150 order and tax is not yet added also they are noting a "You save $4.00" per 5# Ingot price decrease was used to figure the 107.94) So, a good saving by doing it yourself for $67 tax and shipping included. Thank You
It's amazing more people don't get into melting their own lead. During the pandemic, I made a 700% profit margin selling buckshot and round ball "slingshot ammo" on eBay. I sill make a 400 to 500% profit margin on all I sell, and I sell a LOT.
@@robertfrapples2472nice!!
@robertfrapples2472 I use to make them using wheel weights over a decade ago. Now I'm getting back into it. Where's the best place to find lead?
Do you check the hardness with some sort of tester like the Lee?
Exactly like the Lee! Lol. Cheap and awesome.
I didn't see you put the antimony for the ternary alloy
The antimony went in as part of an alloy with 30% Sb 70% Pb, what isn't shown is the complex calculation necessary to achieve the required final composition.
Hi, do you know the difference between Saego and Lyman or is there?
SAECO and Lyman both offer high-quality, iron molds. I've had excellent results from both, along with Lee, NOE, RCBS, and NEI.
Where did you get the lead?
Roofers and plumbers I know bring their scrap to me. I pay them 15 cents more per lb. than the recyclers give them. I also buy from recyclers for $1 per lb when I need harder alloy than pure lead.
To rich for my blood. Im all about as cheap as i can get. In the grand scheme of things not to bad thoygh. I use wheelweights and range scrap, then coat if needed.
Wheel-weights are the Devil's spawn. I will not invest the time, work and waste involved in melting them ever again. The last batch I did yielded less than 50% of the original weight in lead and it took forever. Digging up range scrap is hard dirty work, and there is simply not enough to keep me supplied. I need between 200 and 300 pounds most weeks. Fun stuff though, ain't it?
What is Lyman #2 used for?
Casting bullets , number one goal for me