[crypter27]

:huh:Are led fishing sinkers a good substitute for led balls? I ask this because,I bought a few of them & I'm thinking about using them for hunting.

 

[ZDP-189]

I've been shooting exclusively with lead sinkers because I'v yet to get a lead pot for my Lee moulds. They work great for point blank velocity testing and I'm fairly accurate at 10 yards, but I wouldn't rate them for stalking or serious/ competitive shooting.

 

[crypter27]

I've been shooting exclusively with lead sinkers because I'v yet to get a lead pot for my Lee moulds. They work great for point blank velocity testing and I'm fairly accurate at 10 yards, but I wouldn't rate them for stalking or serious/ competitive shooting.

Thank you thats valuable info,I'll use them in my high powered slingshot.

 

[Henry the Hermit]

I've been shooting exclusively with lead sinkers because I'v yet to get a lead pot for my Lee moulds. They work great for point blank velocity testing and I'm fairly accurate at 10 yards, but I wouldn't rate them for stalking or serious/ competitive shooting.

You can also melt lead with an inexpensive electric hot plate and a small (very small) cooking pot. A kitchen spoon makes an acceptable dipper.

 

[crypter27]

I've been shooting exclusively with lead sinkers because I'v yet to get a lead pot for my Lee moulds. They work great for point blank velocity testing and I'm fairly accurate at 10 yards, but I wouldn't rate them for stalking or serious/ competitive shooting.

You can also melt lead with an inexpensive electric hot plate and a small (very small) cooking pot. A kitchen spoon makes an acceptable dipper.
[/quote]^_^I'll try that in the future.

 

[crypter27]

:huh:Are led fishing sinkers a good substitute for led balls? I ask this because,I bought a few of them & I'm thinking about using them for hunting.

B)Are you stumped?

 

[ZDP-189]

Yeah, I know I can melt lead easily. I used to help a friend who did commercial lead casting and we had this huge thermostatically controlled pot that would make things very simple and I should really take his offer of taking it off his hands. I'm just too lazy to bring it upstairs. Heck, I have 60lbs of ingots taking up shelf space in my shop. Just one bar would last me a year of shooting. Sadly, it doesn't make sense to airmail lead or I'd have some spincasting moulds made up and start selling.

 

[Nico]

Lead sinkers are pretty good ammo, it all depends on the kind of sinkers, you can get completely round lead balls in 1/4 oz 3/8 oz, 1/2 oz and 3/4 oz they call these cannon ball sinkers.

The egg sinkers have given me a very good accurracy up to 15 meters but for precise accuracy get the cannon ball sinkers just get a wire cutter and snip off the small loops and you have a perfectly round lead ball.

1/4 oz is 7 grams

3/8 oz is 10.5 grams and perfect for hunting
1/2 oz ( my favorite) is 14 grams and good knock down for hunting, if you use a heavy hitting slingshot will shoot these with little difficulty.

3/4 oz is 21 grams perfect for larger prey and for those heavy hitting bands.

Hope this helps..

 

[crypter27]

Lead sinkers are pretty good ammo, it all depends on the kind of sinkers, you can get completely round lead balls in 1/4 oz 3/8 oz, 1/2 oz and 3/4 oz they call these cannon ball sinkers.

The egg sinkers have given me a very good accurracy up to 15 meters but for precise accuracy get the cannon ball sinkers just get a wire cutter and snip off the small loops and you have a perfectly round lead ball.

1/4 oz is 7 grams

3/8 oz is 10.5 grams and perfect for hunting
1/2 oz ( my favorite) is 14 grams and good knock down for hunting, if you use a heavy hitting slingshot will shoot these with little difficulty.

3/4 oz is 21 grams perfect for larger prey and for those heavy hitting bands.

Hope this helps..

Thats a good idea thanks