Personally I wouldn't. Pure lead for round ball, 12-16 BHN for my Pistol bullets and for my BP Cartridge Rifles (45-70 & 38-55) I opt for 20:1 Lead/Tin mix but that's not a hard & fast rule, just...
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Personally I wouldn't. Pure lead for round ball, 12-16 BHN for my Pistol bullets and for my BP Cartridge Rifles (45-70 & 38-55) I opt for 20:1 Lead/Tin mix but that's not a hard & fast rule, just...
For round ball/muzzleloader ideally you want pure lead. Those would be good for casting bullets for cartridge either BP or Smokeless.