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Wheel weights make great pistol/revolver bullets. That's all I shoot from my variety of hand guns. Most guys use foundry certified lead/tin alloys for black powder cartridge rifle shooting. 30:1, 20:1, and 16:1 (lead:tin) are popular. The tin really helps fill out those huge .45 and .40 molds for the 500-550 grain .45's and 400+ grain .40's. Muzzle loaders typically shoot best with pure lead; round balls and conical bullets have to be soft enough to obturate and fill the bore upon ignition, because they can't be large enough to fill the bore and still get them loaded down the barrel. They would simply be too tight.
And always remember the imortal words of Steve Garbe - "smokeless powder is a passing fad..."
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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