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rodfac · April 12, 2013, 07:10 AM

Wheel weighs are great for light to mid-level loads, but current cast off's from tire shops will fill a bucket with 70% Wheel Weights, 30% zinc, steel or aluminum. You've got to cull these out to make good bullets.

Cast Boolits forum has a world of information, especially in their "Stickys". Set up can be expensive or very cheap depending on equipment bought, but the end result can be tuned to your guns and cheaply. Currently, I'm paying $20 per hundred lbs. of wheel weights. That equates to just under a penny a piece for 200 gr .45 ACP LTWC's, if you discount the cost of the equipment. HTH's Rod

April 12, 2013, 07:10 AM	#2
rodfac Senior Member Join Date: January 22, 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,624	Wheel weighs are great for light to mid-level loads, but current cast off's from tire shops will fill a bucket with 70% Wheel Weights, 30% zinc, steel or aluminum. You've got to cull these out to make good bullets. Cast Boolits forum has a world of information, especially in their "Stickys". Set up can be expensive or very cheap depending on equipment bought, but the end result can be tuned to your guns and cheaply. Currently, I'm paying $20 per hundred lbs. of wheel weights. That equates to just under a penny a piece for 200 gr .45 ACP LTWC's, if you discount the cost of the equipment. HTH's Rod __________________ Cherish our flag, honor it, defend it in word and deed, or get the hell out. Our Bill of Rights has been paid for by heros in uniform and shall not be diluted by misguided governmental social experiments. We owe this to our children, anything less is cowardice. USAF FAC, 5th Spl Forces, Vietnam Vet '69-'73.