ROTO BLOG

When it comes to bullet casting, the choice of alloy plays a critical role in determining performance, accuracy, and safety. Each alloy offers a unique balance of hardness, castability, and expansion characteristics, making it essential for shooters and reloaders to understand the differences. RotoMetals, a trusted supplier in the casting community, offers a wide range of alloys tailored to various shooting applications. Among the most popular are Lyman #2, Linotype, Hardball, SuperHard, and tra …

THE CAST BULLET ASSOCIATION, INC. 48TH ANNUAL NATIONAL TOURNAMENT TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 6 & 7 IN RUTHERFORDTON, NC.  ROTOMETALS HAS BEEN A SPONSOR FOR YEARS. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE A PART OF YOUR EVENT! THERE WERE 37 SHOOTERS PARTICIPATING FROM ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. CONTESTANTS WERE AWARDED PRIZES INCLUDING ROTOMETALS' HIGH QUALITY LEAD. DIRECT LINK TO OUR BULLET CASTING ALLOYS HERE - - - - -> https://www.rotometals.com/bullet-casting-alloys/ …

    In the May/June 2025 Issue, Rotometals was mentioned as well as our Tin Cut. The article was very intriguing and we are proud to have been mentioned.      Link to our Tin Cut - - - https://www.rotometals.com/tin-cut-wire-pieces-99-9-pure-1-pound-made-in-usa/     Link to the article - - -  https://www.americanhandgunner.com/ammo/handloading-makin-bullets/ …

Thinking of doing something interesting with zinc? You wouldn’t be the first. Pictured above is is in a room in the Winchester Mystery House, in San Jose, CA with a beautiful zinc planter that we captured on one of their main tours there recently.Sarah Winchester, the heiress of the famous gun maker, built the world-famous historical landmark Winchester Mystery House starting in 1886. She was having rooms added and renovations make right up until 1922, when she passed.We don’t know exactly when …

New Year, new blog! We are excited to announce that we starting a new company blog! Our goal is to bring you relevant and cool content related to our products and our industry that you can use to learn and create. You will find content related to casting, metal alloys, custom alloys, including zinc, pewter and aluminum, boat anodes, DIY metal sheets and their uses, lead and lead free, bismuth shot and more. Stay tuned for more.  …

Fusible alloys are metal alloys that melt at low temperatures, usually below 300º F or 150° C. Many fusible alloys have eutectic compositions and are often bismuth-based in combination with lead, tin, antimony, gallium, cadmium, zinc, and indium alloying constituents. Some fusible alloys are gallium-based or indium-based.Fusible alloys are essentially stable and inert—especially when compared to metallic elements on the other side or periodic table (e.g. K, Na, Li). While alkali (Li, Na, K, Rb, …

Are you a bullet caster or a reloader? You can find the bullet casting alloys you need for reloading here at Rotoemetals. Whether you're a hunter or you just like to shoot for sport, casting your own bullets has a multitude of perks. With Rotometals, all alloys are made in the USA with new, pure, virgin-certified metal - never scrap. We can assure that you won't find higher-quality metal casting supplies anywhere else for a better price. From pure bullet lead alloys and linotype alloy ingots to …

We love it when our customers send us photos of what they make with our zinc sheets!Check out below for some of the most recent photos we just got. Send your photos to us via social media on our Facebook page, instagram or twitter or you can reach us through Contact Us page or call! Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter for coupon codes when they are available.  …

This is the Shippensburg Fish and Game Association, one of our happy customers in Pennsylvania. Their club is located in south-central Pennsylvania. This photo was taken at their annual June event Shippensburg Fish and Game Super Shoot. They did some giveaways with our casting alloys for their event.We love it when our customers send us photos! If you have photos you'd like to share, or if you have any feedback on our bullet casting alloys, or any of our products, let us know. We'd love to …

It's been long overdue but we finally got around to testing out some of our bismuth shot that was loaded into the Backridge Ammunition shells. Adam from Back Ridge Ammunition does a great job. It performs superior to steel in our testing. Even when using number six on widgeons, mallards, and green wing teal, it knocked them down like using lead from 40 years ago.To see our selection of Bismuth shot and a handy size chart ,click here! …