Thread: who else casts there own bullets

If the tyre shops want $5.00 kg for wheel weights they are dreaming the going rate is $2.00 kg to buy from the scrap dealers, I pay the tyre shops a $1.00 kg and have all 4 shops in town saving them for me because I pay the best price, after sorting out the lead I trade the junk for lead scrap,straight wheel weights usually cast ok but is too hard for hunting unless the velocity is above 2000fps for up to 1800-1900fps mix 50/50 WW/Lead and add 1 stick of solder to 10kg makes the bullet malleable so it will hold together and mushroom, to get expansion with cast bullets the velocity needs to be 1200fps minimum unless the bullet is pure lead which is not a good idea.