Thread: slug and buckshot

Originally Posted by nowool

i live near dunedin. is there anywhere nearby to buy surplus lead and a melting pot? i saw a lee pot on gunworks for 180 but there should be something cheaper? also is there something other than lee moulds from reloading.com?

Go to the local scrap dealer and buy lead, wheel weights are not the best for slugs and buckshot too hard and unless you know what to look for a waste of time
if you do use WW keep the temperature at 700 F and the Zinc will float to the top to be skimmed off, Do not melt down the raw lead in the pot you cast from
I use a 4 litre cast iron pot to melt the scrap down, get one about 2L to cast from you will need a proper casting ladle RCBS Lyman and Lee make them
A good lead mix for Slugs is 10kg lead and a stick of 50/50 solder get that from a Plumbers or Engineering supplier, use a wooden stick to stir with it acts as
a Fluxing agent.