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I've ran close to 20k of them up to +p+ without any issues.

The equipment has to be dedicated to zinc. You can't switch from one to the other.

I have an AR9 that I've seen maybe 5k zinc bullets through. This AR has only shot zinc bullets since I've put it together and I haven't had any issues bonding. The bonding thing is mainly when you...

I'll have to try that out once I fix my Lyman Mould.

This is from one of the Cali Govy website on approved companies for hunting material/bullets. They have Roto Metal with the following options.

Nice, all WW??? Also never hurts to try something new.

Free would be the best gift

Especially if it's Zamak 3 or 5 that stuff is as hard as Copper bullets since that's gliding metal.

Seems about right for the 60% weight. You just have to make sure you're using a steel or cast iron mold and temps at 1000f to get a nice bullet.

These weighed 81gr and the bullet length was similar to Lehigh Defense 90gr bullet. I used the load data from there as reference for Silhouette. Worked my way up from 6gr to 7.5gr.

I recently...

Here's one of the 35893 I put together. I shot them out of a PCC 16in barrel. Decent group at 100 yards.

When I first started with zinc it was just a headache, but after getting the correct pot and a PID everything ran smoothly. In 1 hour I made close to 300 9mm bullets from a 2 cavity.

I've used both pure zinc and Zamak 3. Both have worked well as long as you get your pot to 1000F. Zinc wheel weights from what I've found out are either Zamak 3 or Zamak 5.

Lighting a match stick in each cavity that leave a black coating. It's helped prevent zinc from sticking.

I bought a Lyman Mould Master Electric Furnace and modified it. Also put together a PID to get temps up to 1200F. It gets Zinc to flow really smooth and to prevent it sticking I've only used steel...

What are people's opinions on Zinc bullets?

While pure lead typically has a Brinell hardness number (BHN) ranging from 5 to 15, pure zinc registers at 30 BHN. Even Zamak 3 boasts a BHN of 80. Some...