stick on wheel weights

tc tom · March 11, 2009, 03:15 PM

I have located about one hundred pounds of stick on wheel weights that I can buy for .10 a pound. They look to be made of the same alloy as crimp ons. Has anyone used these and what problems should I look for?

kyle663 · March 11, 2009, 03:18 PM

stick on ww are pure lead, not hard enough unless you add tin and antimoney.

CrustyFN · March 11, 2009, 03:24 PM

Get all of the lead you can. I mix the stick-on's with the clip-on's when I smelt.
Rusty

Jimlakeside · March 11, 2009, 03:26 PM

Here is an article about the differences in alloys.

http://www.lasc.us/CastBulletAlloy.htm

Stick on wheel weights are too soft to be used with modern smokeless powder applications. Tin won't harden them enough and antimony is too expensive. Lots of people want pure lead to use for black powder application so you could trade for clip on wheel weights if you want to go to the trouble. $.10 a pound is a good price.

Slamfire · March 11, 2009, 03:26 PM

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stick on ww are pure lead, not hard enough unless you add tin and antimoney

Which explains why the bunch I melted down have the same hardness are scrap lead. Very soft.

Wish I knew before I purchased them.

kyle663 · March 11, 2009, 03:49 PM

if you melt 1 pound lead free solder to 5 lbs pure lead they should be ok, but then you just lost the savings, but they should be hard enough then.

El Paso Joe · March 11, 2009, 05:56 PM

I usually mix 50/50 lead and Linotype (I think this is called 'hardball'). I have also used the clip on weights with lead but they were little better than pure lead. I don't know it the stick on weights are any different...

BTW, jimlakeside - great link on the alloys. Thanks.

velocette · March 11, 2009, 06:01 PM

Check them with a magnet before you buy them. They are using steel or iron in stick on wheel weights now.

Roger

March 11, 2009, 03:15 PM	#1
tc tom Junior Member Join Date: February 28, 2006 Posts: 8	stick on wheel weights I have located about one hundred pounds of stick on wheel weights that I can buy for .10 a pound. They look to be made of the same alloy as crimp ons. Has anyone used these and what problems should I look for?

March 11, 2009, 03:18 PM	#2
kyle663 Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2008 Location: IL Posts: 311	stick on ww are pure lead, not hard enough unless you add tin and antimoney. __________________ NRA member 22LR,17hmr, 9mm, 9mm makarov, 38 S&W, 38/357, 41mag, 44mag, 45ACP, 7.62x39, 7.62x54, 222rem

March 11, 2009, 03:24 PM	#3
CrustyFN Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2006 Location: West Virginia Posts: 2,258	Get all of the lead you can. I mix the stick-on's with the clip-on's when I smelt. Rusty __________________ I don't ever remember being absent minded.

March 11, 2009, 03:49 PM	#6
kyle663 Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2008 Location: IL Posts: 311	if you melt 1 pound lead free solder to 5 lbs pure lead they should be ok, but then you just lost the savings, but they should be hard enough then. __________________ NRA member 22LR,17hmr, 9mm, 9mm makarov, 38 S&W, 38/357, 41mag, 44mag, 45ACP, 7.62x39, 7.62x54, 222rem

March 11, 2009, 06:01 PM	#8
velocette Senior Member Join Date: May 25, 2007 Location: South Florida Posts: 924	Check them with a magnet before you buy them. They are using steel or iron in stick on wheel weights now. Roger __________________ Trigger control + Breath control + Sight alignment = Gun Control. http://www.hrpclub.info/ NRA Smallbore Prone Master, High Power Master

March 11, 2009, 03:26 PM	#4
Jimlakeside Member Join Date: May 13, 2008 Location: Pottsboro, Texas Posts: 33	Here is an article about the differences in alloys. http://www.lasc.us/CastBulletAlloy.htm Stick on wheel weights are too soft to be used with modern smokeless powder applications. Tin won't harden them enough and antimony is too expensive. Lots of people want pure lead to use for black powder application so you could trade for clip on wheel weights if you want to go to the trouble. $.10 a pound is a good price.

March 11, 2009, 05:56 PM	#7
El Paso Joe Senior Member Join Date: July 4, 2006 Location: Spokane Valley Posts: 340	I usually mix 50/50 lead and Linotype (I think this is called 'hardball'). I have also used the clip on weights with lead but they were little better than pure lead. I don't know it the stick on weights are any different... BTW, jimlakeside - great link on the alloys. Thanks.