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Posted: 3/14/2011 3:23:43 PM EDT
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A friend of mine gave me a bunch of lead 38 bullets but I don’t own any thing that is .38 calibers. I was thinking about melting them down and casting some 45-70 bullets but the 38 bullets have some bullet lube on them do I need to remove this or will it burn off when I melt it down? I have never cast my own bullets I usually just buy cast bullets but since I have a bunch of lead now I thought I should start casting my own.
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not to be difficult, but why not sell them to someone who needs them and buy lead scrap to make some 45-70. I guess I just hate to see good bullets melted down. This is what I was thinking too. You might be able to sell them for more than just the scrap value of the lead. |
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not to be difficult, but why not sell them to someone who needs them and buy lead scrap to make some 45-70. I guess I just hate to see good bullets melted down. This is what I was thinking too. You might be able to sell them for more than just the scrap value of the lead. Lead is heavy. Unless you can find someone local, I say melt em. |
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Quoted: if it is under 70lbs and if fits, it ships...
Quoted: Quoted: not to be difficult, but why not sell them to someone who needs them and buy lead scrap to make some 45-70. I guess I just hate to see good bullets melted down. This is what I was thinking too. You might be able to sell them for more than just the scrap value of the lead. Lead is heavy. Unless you can find someone local, I say melt em.if |
| Thanks for all the input I probably will not do any thing with these right away just because I don’t have the equipment yet to cast them but just wanted to know that if I need them they are good to go. Now you got me thinking that a marlin lever gun in 38-55 would be the only thing I would be interested in purchasing but really don’t know if they are correct for the 38-55, every one does bring up a good point about selling them and purchasing some 45-70 bullets. I also got a bucket of wheel weights from him and for what I could sell the 38 bullets for I could buy all the equipment to cast the wheel weights into 45-70 bullets. |
| Hold on to them if they are commercial cast bullets. If they are they are most likely a hard cast bullet. You can save them and use them to harden WW alloy (if needed) or cast them as rifle bullets. No need to remove the lube it will act as flux if you melt them. Or if you want to use them with your own lube, lay them out on paper towels on a cookie sheet and stick them in the over at 200 for a bit. The heat will melt the lube and the paper towels will absorb it. |
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Thanks for all the input I probably will not do any thing with these right away just because I don’t have the equipment yet to cast them but just wanted to know that if I need them they are good to go. Now you got me thinking that a marlin lever gun in 38-55 would be the only thing I would be interested in purchasing but really don’t know if they are correct for the 38-55, every one does bring up a good point about selling them and purchasing some 45-70 bullets. I also got a bucket of wheel weights from him and for what I could sell the 38 bullets for I could buy all the equipment to cast the wheel weights into 45-70 bullets. Now your thinking! |
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Thanks for all the input I probably will not do any thing with these right away just because I don’t have the equipment yet to cast them but just wanted to know that if I need them they are good to go. Now you got me thinking that a marlin lever gun in 38-55 would be the only thing I would be interested in purchasing but really don’t know if they are correct for the 38-55, every one does bring up a good point about selling them and purchasing some 45-70 bullets. I also got a bucket of wheel weights from him and for what I could sell the 38 bullets for I could buy all the equipment to cast the wheel weights into 45-70 bullets. .38-55 uses .376-380 dia. not .358-.360 , so no they won't work |
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