Everyone on line holds the mold so low letting the liquid metal just fall in, I shove the mold right up and against the spout and let the weight of the liquid metal from up in the pot pressurize the mold and the bullets always come out fully formed and there's hardly anything for the sprue plate to break off!
Havr you ever considered perhaps your incorrect in your technique? Pouring a sprue creates a pool for lead to pull material as it flashes over and shrinks slightly. Leaving a flatter and more consistent base
As mechanic I have good supply of wheel weight , more zinc than lead these days . Is there any cross contamination in he pot and moulds , or do you use different equipment ? What about lube on the bullets ? Great video , family that shoots together , says together .
@@kmackiss I use different pots for melting it down.Zinc does not require any lube as Zinc is a lubricant. No powder coat either. Just size load and shoot. You do need to use steel molds.
I love my .44 S&W performance center pistol. With compensator, recoil is pretty manageable even at the top end of powder load. Great shooting guys! Thanks for bringing us along!
I didn’t know you could make zinc bullets, I remember when all the automotive wheel weights changed over to zinc wondering how that would effect bullet casters.
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I'm doing zincers in 243 and 30 caliber so far . I'm slowly building up my iron molds for it . Even the Lee missile's shot good in zinc as supers . Looks like they are good in 44 also .
I've been looking for a training ammo solution to duplicate Liberty Defense high velocity ammo, and I think you guys have solved my problem. A lighter bullet design cast in zinc is going to survive 2000FPS and get the weight down around where it needs to be.
Zingots! Thats awesome haha.Thanks for the 44 mag vids, I'm on the fence about adding either 44 Mag or 45 Colt to my mix. The idea is revolver (will be my first one) and eventually a lever action same caliber. The 44 mag is looking like a really great zinc cartridge. I dont have the experience but I'd imagine you could get some iron molds in either caliber at or close to 350gr giving a good zinc bullet at the same time as a big bear defense lead bullet
No need to go that heavy. The advantage with zinc is that you can cast them instead of paying for copper CNC and they are faster then lead and that zinc bullet is going to punch on through just like a copper one.. It all comes down to the same equation F=MA
Have to keep my cast iron mould on the stove to mould zinc. Metals industry came out with lead substitute using bismuth tin and antimony, at 30 bux a pound. Im using pure bismuth. At 10 bux a pound. Expands when it cools which can be an upside. So far only used in my 45 up to 1100 fps. 230 gr mould sized down to .451 weighs around 209 grains. Hasnt broken up til i hit knots in the wood. Didnt want to trash my barrel with copper. Zinc is softer than copper. Bismuth is softer than zinc.
I think we need to use the zinc it's everywhere, and it works. I have been doing this a while, Zinc acts like hard cast, but about 2/3rds the weight. Most wheel weights are zinc, so good times if you know.
I’ve got a neighbor that used to shot 44mag when she was a kid. She shot my blackhawk with full power loads and didn’t like the recoil. I’ve chucked a bunch of zinc wheelwieghts. I should try casting some up
Don't let your kid pick up the empties while you are holding a gun. I almost got blasted when I was a kid picking up brass and stood up in front of a guy just as he fired. The brass can wait a few minutes.
@@EagleEyeShooting I'm glad it was clear. My point is kids and young adults get focused on something and get into a habit of spotting where the brass hits the ground and picking it up rather than thinking about safety, much like a kid chasing a ball into the street. I know from personal experience how hard it is to find all your brass and what it's worth. It is worth more to instill in everyone around the idea that when people are holding guns you should stay focused on the danger. Teach your kids safety but the responsibility is on you. I'm hijacking your comment section here to reach those thousands of people who may not realize what can happen.
Looks like a lot of fun! When loading zinc bullets, do you charge the card as if the bullets were lead, or do you make powder adjustments because they are lighter?
Hey Tex! I usually will bump up the charge about a grain depending on the load data, making sure not to compress. Its really trial and error as its vary expiremental
@@EagleEyeShooting my 230 grain 45 mould pure bismuth after sizing weighs around 209 grains. Was loading using 200 grain lead data despite volume of bullet but my 45 has aftermarket barrel and more mods for high powered stuff 😁.
Holy shit!!! My 210gn Speer loads have got to be pushing 2200fps if you are getting those kind of speeds and bet I'm getting even faster with the lil'gun loads I made
You guys are breaking that gun in right. The Zinc is sacrificial like an anode on a boat motor. Any left behind will corrode first. I would like to try some for Blink Powder.
How do the hollow points expand in Zinc? I would think they would expand some just not as much, or break up since they are harder/more brittle than lead.
Pure bismuth is easier than zinc and havent had a problem with them breaking up til i hit a knot in the wood or a rock in the dirt. Bismuth is cheaper and softer on the barrel than zinc and both are softer than copper
@@EagleEyeShooting pure bismuth softer than zinc. I save the copper for self defense in the woods at this point. Nice to see someone else tried the pure zinc round😁👍
@@EagleEyeShooting Thank you for that. I'm guessing the zinc is more brittle than even harder lead alloys. Seems to do pretty well all things considered.
@@exothermal.sprocketive tested pure zinc in 450 bushmaster, 338 lapua, and ak. Mine arent brittle. Expand nice dependent on type on 20 lb propane cans. 450 B 255 rcbs rnfp. Ak 130gr spitzer rcbs mould. 338 lapua rounded nose lee220 grain
Wonder why they design turkey fryers with only a 3ft gas line then?.... think your just assuming. FYI (I know a lot about tanks working for the RR) I appreciate the concern though
@@EagleEyeShooting I'm usually not a Safety Sally. It just appeared the flames were near the tank that was not being used. Had I been on site I would have used the Approaching Others technique to mention it. You know what I mean. Glad to see you and your son enjoy time spent together.
These would probably not expand, rather fragment which is still very devastating. I made a 9mm HP bullet a while back that weighed 90gr traveling 1750 FPS that acted like a G2 rip round in ballistic gel
Zinc does not foul. It does the exact opposite and will actually clean and collect carbon. It's also a naturally lubricant. A perfect combo for shootings besides the light weight. Zinc bullets are commercially sold and marketed as "clean" shot or super clean
@@EagleEyeShooting That is good to know, I have about 70 pounds of zinc that I have culled out of my normal lead weights. I figured I would just powder coat them a different color than normal.
As Eagle Eye Shooting said "Zinc is softer than copper and doesn't hurt barrels. Zinc does not foul. It does the exact opposite and will actually clean and collect carbon. It's also a naturally lubricant. A perfect combo for shootings besides the light weight. Zinc bullets are commercially sold and marketed as "clean" shot or super clean
