Monday, February 19, 2018

Consistent Cast Bullet Weights

Tonight I weighed a sample of ten bullets from the batch I cast yesterday and plugged them into Excel to figure out the average weight and the standard deviation in weights.


Accurate Molds 43-215C Bullets
Bullets cast from 20:1 lead:tin alloy
Sample Weight in Grains
1 219.6
2 219.4
3 219.0
4 219.0
5 219.2
6 220.2
7 219.6
8 219.1
9 219.4
10 219.1
219.4 Average weight
0.371782493 Standard deviation

According to Tom at Accurate Molds, this bullet should drop at about 215 grains when cast from wheel weight alloy. Since the 20:1 alloy I'm using lacks any antimony, they naturally weigh a little more.

Never let anyone tell you that homemade bullets won't be as good as factory-made.

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