sitsinhedges Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Is anyone else still making their own lead shot? Ive just knocked out 100+ kg of 7.5 and 6.5 with lead I scrounged from work mixed with a bucket of linotype I had tucked away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted May 26 Author Report Share Posted May 26 I would post some footage but theres a small limit to what can be uploaded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 (edited) Hello, That would still be good to watch 👍, Edited May 26 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Post it to YouTube & copy n paste the link into here. Can be an unlisted video if you prefer. Im not making my own but definitely keen to learn, as it may be that those of us with .410s might be allowed to roll our own if the HSE deigns it so come September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 I too would like to see a video. I made my own during the 1980s with a "Shotmaster", which seemed a bit hit and miss. I have seen self made shot machines on here and marvelled at the ingenuity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Bought some off you many years ago for my Black Powder Shotgun - best quality shot I've ever seen tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corono Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Hi sitsinhedges have made shot but cannot find lino type so the stuff I make is on the soft side .do add tin but this does not really harden it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarepeg Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Still making a bit, but soft lead doesn't run like wheel weights did, havnt looked for any lino type tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 I made my own shot dropper a while back but it didn’t do all that well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted May 29 Report Share Posted May 29 (edited) 22 hours ago, corono said: Does anyone know werei could buy lino type.got plenty of lead When I cast pistol bullets on a commercial basis I used to buy a half metric tonne or a full tonne at a time from Wilson & Jubb in Leeds. Sadly with WYSIWYG and modern printing methods linotype has gone the way of the presses that it was once used in. At school I was taught typesetting on a linotype press on the early 1970s but I doubt any printers now use such? Linotype sold as "scrap (which was still perfectly good for bullet casting) is type that had been melted and recast and melted and recast so often that it had lost some of its antimony so no longer made a full fill of the type mould of the line of type. Wilson & Jubb is now I believe a development of desirable detached executive homes! Since many years! But as I am sure you know but others may not never use plumbers' flux to flux your mix as it is corrosive. Use a wax candle or resin flux. And alas modern wheelweights too are zinc not lead alloy. Edited May 29 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno24 Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 Whoops! sorry just read the note from mod at the top of this forum so remove if necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer Posted July 15 Report Share Posted July 15 On 26/05/2024 at 09:57, sitsinhedges said: Is anyone else still making their own lead shot? Ive just knocked out 100+ kg of 7.5 and 6.5 with lead I scrounged from work mixed with a bucket of linotype I had tucked away. Yeap, I did about 25kg yesterday morning, there was no wind & the sun was shining so I set it all up & it dropped some lovely #7.5 shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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