Shepherd Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Is it possible and more importantly safe to melt down brass bullet casings and pour them into jig molds.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 The main issue is that Copper-brass alloys (red brass) have a melting point of 1027C, considerably higher than aluminium which melts at 660C. The next issue is that a specialized furnace would have to be designed and built in order to reach such temperatures. In the past, I have looked into smelting aluminium for another project, and that is right on the limit for normal crucible melting. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepherd Posted August 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Is that because of the other Alloys within the shell cartridges? Could you these temperature in a kiln? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 I only did a few minutes searching the casing alloy, and the figure of 1027C came up. It will obviously need a more detailed search. Yes, some kind of kiln, but this too will need research. With today's internet this should not be a problem. I expect that you could find a 'how to' video on the subject. Certainly I know there are such videos for aluminium. The jig molds would have to be steel. Dave 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepherd Posted August 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Thanks dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
