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#8281653 11/23/13
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was watching a video on utube yesterday about smelting ww and pouring ingots. one of the guys was saying they separate the stick on ww from the clip ons. said they use the stick ons to make shotgun slugs and the clip ons for rifle, handgun bullets but didn't elaborate. any idea why this is? I sorted thru what I have and found maybe 1 lb out of probably 20 lbs could I just throw it all together?

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Stick ons are mostly pure lead, while clip ons (if lead and not steel or zinc) are lead, tin, antimony alloy, which is harder and more desirable for higher velocity loads.

You want the most common type of shotgun slug, the "Foster Type" to "bump up" to bore diameter for greater accuracy out of a smoothbore, so it needs to be a softer alloy.

There's nothing wrong with you blending them, you alloy will be somewhat softer, but it really isn't a problem unless you are wanting really hard bullets. Those come with their own set of problems

Personally, I'd go with a bit softer alloy any day and adjust my velocities to match because it's all about bullet placement.

JMHO.

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txs to 0864 for some pertinent info. cranky72

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not all stick ons are lead , and the zinc does not help your lead bullets or your molds


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