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Where do you guys get your tin for casting? Do you make the alloy by weight or volume?
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Weight. I use 30:1 and 20:1
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Where do you guys get your tin for casting? Do you make the alloy by weight or volume? Rotometals. Wait for a holiday they usually have a holiday discount. Weight
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a lot of BPCR shooters get their tin from John Walters.
He sells great wads too. e-mail: thetinwadman @ cox.net (close gaps)
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I always used 50/50 solder. 2 pounds of 50/50 gives a pound of tin. And yes, what ET said.
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I didn`t think one could get 50/50 anymore.
Where are you buying it?
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Picked up some 50/50 solder at a radiator shop.
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I don't know how the price of solder compares to pure bar tin, which is now about $15 per pound.
John Walters sells it in 1/2 pound bars, and he's real good at stuffing them in a Priority Mail envelope and taping the heck out of it, so shipping is minimal. He can send 10 pounds or so at the flat rate.
A really good guy to deal with.
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I bought some a year or two ago at a plumbing supply house. I do not recall the price as I put it my account.
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I second the John Walters recommendation. But my bars from him are 1 lb each. They are easily cut with a hatchet and hammer into whatever amounts I need.
I shoot only 16:1 any more, unless it is a hunting bullet which is usually 40:1.
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Over on ebay I'm bidding on 5#s of .999% tin bars. So far I'm leading with $51.00. How much higher should I go?
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Unless they're going to gouge you on shipping, $15 per pound tops.
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Mr. Dah. TT had some once. Don't know if he still does.
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