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Plenty of it around, easy to mold, not to expensive
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What does lead make?
Bullets
How did they make the bullets out of lead?
By heating the lead into a liquid and pouring it into a mold
Do wheel weights make good lead bullets for black powder guns?
Not really. Lead wheelweights can make decent bullets for modern day firearms. However, muzzle loading firearms have very shallow rifling, and need VERY soft lead bullets. Wheelweights are just too hard.
What are blue bullets?
Blue bullets are bullets are high quality Polymer Coated Lead Bullets.
Use of lead bullets?
Yes, may people use lead bullets for a variety of purposes.
Why does AR-15 have lead bullets?
Yes. Lead bullets do not wear out the rifling inside the barrel as fast as steel bullets. Still, many people use steel-jacketed bullets . . .
What kind of bullets are there besides lead bullets?
Bullets can be made from many materials including wood, steel brass, copper, lead, tungsten, bronze, plastic, etc.
Why are bullets made of mild steel?
Usually they aren't. Lead, or lead in a copper shell (a "jacket") is the most common choice for bullets. Bullets CAN be made of mild steel, usually also copper jacketed, and it's usually done because of concerns about the lead from the bullets causing pollution. Mild steel is one of the less expensive replacement options for lead in bullets.
Can air pockets or bubbles exist in molten lead?
oh definitely, they can make casting lead toy soldiers or bullets very difficult.
What is a very heavy metal used to make bullets. What metal has the chemical symbol Pb?
This metal is lead.
What element is in bullets?
Normally - lead.
Why did soldiers in the revolutionary war need to make their own bullets?
There was no store to buy the bullets from. This is how they made bullets: the pieces of a mold would fit together and the solider would pour melted lead into the mold's spout. After the lead cooled, the soldier could take the mold apart and remove his new shot.
