Nice collection of pewter from this mornings car boot sale, £1 each, think they will add to the pot very nice!! Pewter is 85–99% tin, with the remainder consisting of copper, antimony, bismuth - when added to lead it is supposed to help fill out your bullet mould better, while slightly increasing hardness - At 3% tin to lead I recon this should be good added to 30kg of lead!
Should keep the Martini-Henry fed for a while!
Pewter for the Pot
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Re: Pewter for the Pot
A pint of beer out of one would be nice.
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Re: Pewter for the Pot
3% is too high and a waste of the tin, 1% maximum is all you need to get good fillout.
The antimony will give you all the hardness you may need.
The antimony will give you all the hardness you may need.
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Re: Pewter for the Pot
Hahahahha, that means I need more lead now! But on the up side more bullets to shoot!dromia wrote:3% is too high and a waste of the tin, 1% maximum is all you need to get good fillout.
The antimony will give you all the hardness you may need.
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