I've cast some straight linotype in rifle bullets (150 and 165 gr 30 cal for 30-30 and 30-06 and 8mm 175 gr) and shot them into earthen backdorps at 100 yards (speeds up to 2300 fps [by the book not chronnied]) and then dug them out. Some of them (unless they hit a rock) look like I could load them again.

My experience has been that getting the alloy too hot can cause crystallization and the bullets will shatter and can be crushed into fragments with a pair of pliers. I try to keep my pot at the lowest temp possible to keep the lead molten and fill the molds.

Alan



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