Originally Posted by viking
I am glad I came across this subject. I didn’t know there was a difference and anything about the markings. So avoid Fe and Zn.

How hard are wheel weight bullets? I am very new to casting. I have only used range lead before.

The newer ones are about 12 BHN but the ones from the early 70's run 14 or slightly more.


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