BC .243 +/-

What tin does is not so much a matter of changing melt temp, but of lowering surface tension in molten lead. It doesn't take a lot of tin to make things work, typically 2% by weight is enough.

I think the most common cause of rounded bases is a cold sprue plate. When heating the mould, put the sprue plate down.

A suggestion to you Luddite types....get a farkin' thermometer. Life is too short to spend it fixin' up the mess your guesses created.


I am..........disturbed.

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain