Your Track

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by ron
Hi Rob,
Regarding the 9mm projectiles they are normaly cast quite hard so that they dont deform when feeding from the magazine, We always used one part tin to ten parts lead in other words 10 pounds of lead to one pound of tin, you will find that if you use 38 special wad cutter cast bullets cast as pure lead they are perfect and will upsett nicely into the track groove, try your local pistol club most members cast their own bullets, the ones bought in a store are usualy a bit harder,
Ron,

Ron...
I hand loaded and cast my own 9MM stuff and fired t'ousands of rounds of it with no barrel fouling(Too soft) or measureable wear(Too hard)...
The right mix is readily available ,usually free....Used wheel weights..
They pay to dispose of them at the tire shops and would probably be glad to see them carted off..
At least they used to,,,,with the price of metals these days ,they probably recycle,but that is the right hardness for ammo..and probably track pins.