GOOD ANTIMONY SOURCES?

[searcher]

It's been probably 20 years since I needed to add to my antimony supply for casting bullets. Where is/are some good sources that you folks use? Thanks!

 

[Charliemac]

Antimony - RotoMetals

Pure antimony ingot, 99.6%,

www.rotometals.com

 

[dhagerty40]

i second on Rotometals. if you want a good reliable source, they are the ones!

 

[Webster]

It's been probably 20 years since I needed to add to my antimony supply for casting bullets. Where is/are some good sources that you folks use? Thanks!

I quit shooting cast bullets many years ago. I think they make wheel weights out of zinc now. Glue on weights. I found a small shop near where I live that made lead alloys for companies that cast bearings for heavy equipment. I told them I wanted linotype. They blended the alloy, cast it into blocks while I waited and sold it for a very reasonable price.

Don't forget you need some tin to increase fluidity. It makes sure the grease groves and the base corners are square and not a rounded curve. Tin is the expensive part.

Try a GOOGLE search for lead alloy supplies in your area.

 

[SD guy]

Guessing the price of this stuff has went through the roof in the last 5 to 10 years.

 

[MQ1]

Shot has quite a bit in it…depending on how much antimony you are looking to add to your alloy, that may work for you.

MQ1

 

[PhilC]

Another vote for Rotometals.

 

[searcher]

Shot has quite a bit in it…depending on how much antimony you are looking to add to your alloy, that may work for you.

MQ1

I quit shotgun reloading many years ago and my old bags of shot are what I have been using of late.

 

[MQ1]

I quit shotgun reloading many years ago and my old bags of shot are what I have been using of late.

That’s what I have always used as well…what I had on hand. I’ve heard that it melts into an alloy better because it is already bound to the lead. I don’t know how true that is…it is what I’ve always used

 

[LVLAaron]

I have at least 500lbs of antimony hardened lead. My grandfather was a printer, and all of the dies they used for printing presses were hardened lead. I put it in the back of my truck in the winter months for weight