IIRC it's arsenic...
by rob 
, Saturday, March 09, 2013, 22:05 (4222 days ago) @ bj
And also IIRC it's part of what makes it form into balls and thus impairs perfect bullets. When I started casting I used magnum shot to add to my wheel weights because it has high levels of antimony in it. It worked ok but I also had a lot more problem with the spruce plate tearing a crater in the bullet bases than with straight WW's or WW's with a little tin. In an emergency if I needed bullets I wouldn't hesitate to use it but its far from optimal.
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- Thinking about casting in the future... -
Josh M.,
2013-03-09, 20:20
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- 40 bucks for a bag of shot - Rob Leahy, 2013-03-09, 20:51
- check with shotgunners in your area -
bj,
2013-03-09, 21:27
- IIRC it's arsenic... - rob, 2013-03-09, 22:05
- Thinking about casting in the future... - Cherokee, 2013-03-09, 22:08
- I don't care for shot - Dave B, 2013-03-09, 23:50
- I would certainly use it for casting. - John K., 2013-03-10, 08:03
- Ingots, ready to go. - Andrew, 2013-03-10, 08:47
- If it were me, I would grab all the lead I could -
Rob Leahy,
2013-03-10, 12:08
- I did, and ZOUNDS! it is heavy to arrange when reorganizing - brionic, 2013-03-10, 12:52
- There is a lot of truth in this - Dave B, 2013-03-10, 18:26