bullet alloys

Shot Types

Lead Shot, Ammunition Metal

(10-25 lb. bags, special orders to 40,000 lbs.)

Chilled:

#12 (.050″), #11 (.060″), #10 (.070″), #9 (.080″), #8 (.090″), #7.5 (.095″), #6 (.110″), #4 (.130″),

Magnum:

#9 (.080″), #8.5 (.085″), #8 (.090″), #7.5 (.095″), #7 (.100″), #6 (.110″)

Steel shot

(5-10 lb. bags, size in diameter)

#7 (.100″), #6 (.110″), #4 (.130″), #3 (.140″), #2 (.150″), #1 (.160″) #BB (.180″), #BBB (.190″), #T (.210″)

Hevi shot

(7 lb. bags)

#00 Buck, #B, #5, #9, #75, #6, #4, #2

Nickel plated lead shot

(11 lb. bags, size in diameter)

#9 (.083″), #8 (.091″), #7.5 (.095″), #7 (.100″), #6 .110″), #5.5 (.115″), #5 (.120″), #4 (.127″), #3 (.140″), #2 (.150″), #1 (.160″), #BB (.180″)

Buckshot, lead balls

(8 lb. bags, size in diameter)

#B (.170″), #BB (.180″), #BBB (.190″), #T (.200″), #F (.220″), #4 (.240″), #2 (.270″), #1 (.300″), #00 (.330″), #000 (.360″)

Bullet Metal Alloys

Pure virgin alloys stock
Hardball alloy – 2% tin / 6% antimony / 92% lead
2% tin / 7% antimony / 91% lead
10-1 alloy – 91% lead / 9% tin
16-1 alloy – 94% lead / 6% tin
20-1 alloy – 95% lead / 5% tin
30-1 alloy – 97% lead / 3% tin
40-1 alloy – 97.5% lead / 2.5% tin
50-1 alloy – 98% lead / 2% tin
Linotype – 3% tin / 11% antimony / 86% lead
Lyman #2 – 5% tin / 5% antimony / 90% lead
Hard alloy – 3% antimony / 97% lead
Hard alloy – 6% antimony / 94% lead
Alloy: 0.5%Sn / 6%Sb / 93.5%Pb
Alloy: 1%Sn / 3%Sb / 96%Pb
Alloy: 2%Sn / 7%Sb / 91%P
MIL-L-13283C Grade 1
MIL-L-13283C Grade 2
MIL-L-13283C Grade 3
Musket Lead – 100% Pb

Nuclead can also custom alloy lead bullets for our customers’ individual bullet lead needs, or fabricate bullets to .0001″.

Nuclead Announces the Shipment of Several Recent Orders of Lead Alloy, Antimony lead and Bullet Alloy to customers throughout the USA and in Canada.

February 17, 2018September 1, 2016 by Nucleadinc

Nuclead can manufacture all standard lead alloy pours and custom lead pours to your specifications. Cambridge, MA August 29, 2016 – Nuclead a leading manufacturer and distributor of custom and standard lead products for research, industry and consumers announces the delivery of several orders for lead alloy, delivered to customers throughout the United States and … Read more

Lead Solder, Lead Ballast, Lead Foil, Lead T-Caps

July 27, 2018June 22, 2016 by Nucleadinc

Every month at Nuclead we ship a large variety of lead based products such as Lead Solder, Lead Ballast, Lead Foil, Lead T-Caps. Here are some of the items we shipped recently to customers around the world. Some of these shipments required significant fabrication activities, some just need to be cut to size or simply … Read more

Lead Wire, Caulking Lead, Bullet Alloy, Lead Wool

July 27, 2018April 15, 2016 by Nucleadinc

Every month at Nuclead we ship a large variety of lead based products such as Lead Wire, Caulking Lead, Bullet Alloy, Lead Wool, Lead shielding. Here are some of the items we shipped recently to customers around the world. Some of these shipments required significant fabrication activities, some just need to be cut to size … Read more

Lead Foil, Lead Radiation Bricks, Lead Gutter Outlets

July 27, 2018January 30, 2015 by Nucleadinc

Every month at Nuclead we ship a large variety of lead based products such lead foil, lead radiation bricks and lead gutter outlets. Here are some of the items we shipped this month to customers around the world. There are numerous applications for lead as a result of its physical properties and relatively low cost. … Read more

Lead Wool, Lead Sheet, Lead Bricks and Bullet Alloy

July 27, 2018March 13, 2014 by Nucleadinc

Every month at Nuclead we ship a large variety of lead based products such bullet alloy, lead sheet, lead bricks and lead wool. Here are some of the items we shipped this month to customers around the world. First we have one of the largest lead products inventories in the USA, we are able to … Read more

Nuclear Casks, Lead Foil, Lead Bullet Alloy

July 27, 2018September 23, 2013 by Nucleadinc

Among the projects this week Nuclead machined some nuclear casks. Nuclear casks are heavily lead shielded containers used to store and or ship radioactive materials. Only the lid of the nuclear cask is a separate piece, a screw thread is machined into the lid of the lead cask and into the vessel itself allowing for … Read more

Lead solder, Lead X-ray Glass, Bullet Alloy, Lead Glass

July 27, 2018August 12, 2013 by Nucleadinc

Nuclead ship several items this week from the in house inventory. These include lead solder, lead glass, lead bullet alloy and lead safety equipment. Here are some of the details: We fabricated and shipped a 40/60 solder cake to a plumbing supply house in Boston, MA Nuclead fabricated and shipped Lead x-ray glass, and a … Read more

X-Ray Shielding, Bullet Alloys, Lead Roof Jacks, Lead Wool, Lead Alloys

July 27, 2018August 4, 2013 by Nucleadinc

We had many interesting projects at Nuclead this week. Our Lead products went into a variety of applications including lead shielding for an X-ray room, plumbing supplies, bullet alloys, lead washers and special lead alloy for lead rounds. Here are some of the details of projects we fabricated and shipped: We fabricated and shipped a … Read more

Lead Shot, Lead Bullet Alloys

March 2, 2021August 15, 2012 by Nucleadinc

Shot Types Lead Shot, Ammunition Metal, Leadshot Chilled: #12 (.050″), #11 (.060″), #10 (.070″), #9 (.080″), #8 (.090″), #7.5 (.095″), #6 (.110″), #4 (.130″), Magnum: #9 (.080″), #8.5 (.085″), #8 (.090″), #7.5 (.095″), #7 (.100″), #6 (.110″) Hevi shot #00 Buck, #B, #5, #9, #75, #6, #4, #2 #9 (.083″), #8 (.091″), #7.5 (.095″), #7 … Read more