hardball bullet casting alloy

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Certified Hardball Pistol alloy is the same hardness as certified Lyman #2 alloy. They are both available from RotoMetals and are BHN 15.  I purchase Lyman #2 from Roto for all my hunting bullets. The high  Tin content  in #2 alloy makes it much more malleable than Hardball so even though they are the same BHN hardness, the #2 has zero weight loss and better expansion due to the Tin in the alloy. I consider it  a perfect hunting bullet alloy and Lyman #2 has been the #1 choice of hunting bullet casters for 100 years due to it's malleability for terrific expansion and zero weight loss when striking game animals.

For recreational shooting and practice I make an alloy the same hardness as Lyman #2 or Hardball by alloying soft jacketed bullet scrap and Linotype scrap at 1:1. It impacts at the same POI as Certified #2 alloy from my guns and is inexpensive for me to make.

Here is a link to RotoBetals that sells Certified bullet casting alloys if you want some real accurately alloyed #2 or hardball and other certified bullet alloys:

http://www.rotometals.com/Bullet-Casting-Alloys-s/5.htm>http://www.rotometals.com/Bullet-Casting-Alloys-s/5.htm

Sign up for RotoMetals email sales! they have sales and shipping bargains for certain volumes of weight, see this at the Roto site. Also gaining popularity for certified bullet alloys is:

http://www.zipmetals.com/Bullet-Casting-Metals_c_44.html>http://www.zipmetals.com/Bullet-Casting-Metalsc44.html The prices here are a bit better.

NOTE: hardball is only just OK for hunting bullets as it is high in Antimony and low in Tin, so it is brittle and hunting bullets of hardball will fragment into the meat of game. #2 alloy does not fragment into meat of game animals due to the alloy malleability with it's high Tin content.

I use #2 alloy gas checked bullets to just under factory load level pressures in .500 S&W rifle loads for big, dangerous Black Bears and really like it better than any jacketed bullet for Bear hunting.

I also use Certified Lyman #2 in gas checked bullets for 30-30 and shoot the Ranchdog big flat nose 165 gr FNGC mold bullets with great Deer hunting results to 150 yards from a 30-30 with H4895. at 2050 fps. They hit deer meat with a loud smack from the big flat nose and knock deer over dead very well.

Gary