FishNHard 145 Posted April 4, 2020 So I thinking of adding another hobby to the to many I have already , looking at casting my own 9mm 45 and 357 bullets, for those of you who also do , do you buy your lead or do you try to get it from tire places I see some people sift the back stops at there local ranges and reclaim the lead anyone do any of these. John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JC_68Westy 1,024 Posted April 4, 2020 I have hundreds of pound of wheel weights. Just sort the zinc out and the lead is a very good alloy for casting bullets. I water quench and get very good hardness for 44 mag and 357. I also have a lot of fishing weights from a bait shop that went out of business. I add tin and antimony for hardness. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites