Lyno-type??

[Drm50]

I scored 6 drywall buckets of Lino-type today. Got for free all I
had to do was shovel it up from floor. Left from old printing press
in small shop, closed in 1950s. Now people are telling me that
there is all different kinds of type and the spacers have to be
separated. Last time I got some type I went through separating
and Melted separately, don't think it made any difference. Anyone
know their Type? Regardless of what kind of type it is won't it
be good for pistol bullets at medium velocities?

 

[Mad_Charlie]

Looks more like Monotype to me, either way it's a good find.

I would mix it 1:1 with soft lead for med. velocity pistol.

If you want to sell some I would be up for 20-50 lbs

 

[tim c]

Great score i also use a 1:1 mix with soft lead but mine is lyno-type

 

[Iggy]

What about lead used in hospital X-ray machines.. Is it radio active?

 

[boatswainsmate]

This might help you in the right direction.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...YvPSfkPux4J4Z9StEtcuef--8/edit#gid=2061854423

 

[fredj338]

What about lead used in hospital X-ray machines.. Is it radio active?[/QUOTE. ]

No. Isotope lead shielding makes a Great alloy if you can get it.
Lino is generally small lines of letters, monotype are larger letters or maybe single words. Spacers can be just about anything.

 

[rwsmith]

Linotype makes sharp letters...

The qualities of linotype makes it fill the mold sharply but a space is a space and doesn't have to mold to anything.

 

[Skeet 028]

I just recently got a bunch of lead containers of different sizes for shipping radioactive medicines. Most of it is very hard stuff. Some soft but very little. Does anyone have an idea of the composition of the very hard containers. There must be info on it somewhere. I got almost 150 lbs for 40 bucks I would say it was made very hard so the containers could be used over and over.. Would make sense to me anyway.

 

[Engineer1911]

I just recently got a bunch of lead containers of different sizes for shipping radioactive medicines. Most of it is very hard stuff. Some soft but very little. Does anyone have an idea of the composition of the very hard containers. There must be info on it somewhere. I got almost 150 lbs for 40 bucks I would say it was made very hard so the containers could be used over and over.. Would make sense to me anyway.

These containers have antimony in them for hardness. Frugal me would mix 1 part your lead with 2 parts scrap lead mined from the outdoor range. Alloy would work for pistol or rifle bullets.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

The Lyman 49th edition manual on page 80, lists all the common alloy lead, tin, & antimony content by percentage and BHN as: Monotype 72,9,19 (28); Stereotype 80,6,14 (23); Linotype 84,4,12 (22); Lyman #2 90,5,5 (15); Wheelweights 95.5, 0.5,9 (9). Mixing Linotype and Lead 1:1 is 92,2,6 (15). These are all hard on the BHN, 12 is as high as you'll want to go for target velocities! There is an old Lyman #1 alloy but I can't find the formula in the newer manuals. Lead is for weight, Tin is for flow while casting, and Antimony is for hardness. Black Powder velocities I like 20:1 (BHN 10) and 30:1 (BHN 9) BTW pure Lead is BHN 5. The Hard alloys don't flow as well when casting and the TYPE alloys are in the 20's and get so hard the bullets shatter sometimes on impact which reduces penetration and energy transference, which are to be avoided. Ivan

 

[Mad_Charlie]

Back in the early eighties, I used a lot of Linotype in my .44 mag, shooting at steel gongs at 100 or more yards. I had no problem driving through 1/4" steel with a 255gr SWC and sometimes recovered a bullet downrange a ways. The nose of the bullet would be deformed, but the rifling on the body was clear and clean, no "shattering".Maybe my alloy was "diminished" or something.

However, such a bullet on game would not expand and one would be relying solely on diameter and profile for terminal effect, but penetration was massive, through shots on Deer end to end, no problem.

I don't load that way any more, I prefer a softer bullet. It seems to "whomp" the game a little better, and penetration is just fine. but there is not much expansion on some recovered bullets

 

[LoboGunLeather]

The metals used in printing operations (linotype, monotype, etc) was usually reused many times, melted and cast, then remelted and cast. Over time the alloys become somewhat depleted, losing some of the original balance of metals. The metal was then returned to a foundry for reuse in newly alloyed metal.

The actual content of used type metals cannot be known without laboratory testing.

Rest assured that by itself what you have will be much harder than Lyman #2, wheel weights, etc. It would probably do very well in rifle bullets up to 2000FPS or so. Alloyed 50/50 with wheel weights or even pure lead it should do very well for just about any handgun bullet need.

For many years I have used new linotype metal from a foundry, alloying with wheel weights to 50/50 for rifles (.30 caliber in the 2000FPS range, .45 caliber at 1100 to 1400FPS), or 20% linotype and 80% wheel weights for handgun (9mm, .357, .44, .45. Excellent results for target or hunting use.

 

[rwsmith]

I take that back......

The qualities of linotype makes it fill the mold sharply but a space is a space and doesn't have to mold to anything.

I take that back. I was thinking about hand typesetting so I don't really know anything about linotype spaces being different. I would guess though, that being automatically produced from the keyboard, the space is produced the same way which would be the same material.