Casting Rifle and Pistol Bullets.

[Adam Helmer]

I like cast rifle and handgun bullets and make all I can in the time alloted for this lifetime. I have a nice 3-bay tractor shed that faces East and I can cast bullets therein despite wind, rain or snow. I have an old hay wagon in the end bay which is the perfect workbench for bullet casting. I set my Coleman stove on the wagon bed and cast merrily until I run out of bullet metal.

I get free wheelweights from the local tire shop, but be careful of recent wheelweights. The new WWs are shiny and cannot be bent like the long grey WWs of past years. The New WWs have cadmium, aluminum, or whatever in them and they will spoil a pot of Old WWs and will NOT cast good bullets.

Besides faulty wheelweights, the price of Tin is now about $20 per pound here. I pay the $20 and go on casting fine, Hard Pennsylvania Bullets because ALL fall from the mould into a bucket of water. None of my bullets ever lead a bore.

Adam