2007-12-16 02:34:34 · 10 answers · asked by Rusty T 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
No it's made by pouring molten lead through a sieve (sheet or pan with holes in it), then allowing it to fall many feet through the air in a shot tower, thus forming spheres, or round pellets (like raindrops). The pellets fall into water, which cools them.
2007-12-16 02:43:44 · answer #1 · answered by john r 6 · 9⤊ 0⤋
Molten lead is dropped through holes in a copper plate from a large indoor tower in order to form shot. As the lead shot drops down the tower, surface tension causes the lead droplets to form into round balls. At the bottom of the tower, the partially solidified balls drop into a water bath where they are cooled. The shot is then screened in order to separate the shot by size; shot that is out of round is then returned to the top of the shot tower to be remelted once again.
2007-12-16 10:44:22 · answer #2 · answered by Rocky Mountain High 2 · 7⤊ 0⤋
The other answers about shot towers are right but it can also be made by rolling lead pellets between two rotating plates. Really large sizes could be made by casting them in a mold.
2007-12-17 01:43:55 · answer #3 · answered by Gerald G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This hasn't changed in hundreds of years; molten lead is dropped into water, during the dropping process it forms into balls.
2007-12-17 15:30:53 · answer #4 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They melt lead into a ball!
2007-12-16 11:19:34 · answer #5 · answered by Midnight-Expressman 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am assuming you mean lead shot for shotgun shells, etc? It is made by pouring molten lead into molds and then allowed to cool.. once the lead is released from the molds it is in the shape of a ball, or lead "shot".
2007-12-16 10:38:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋
vary carefully
2007-12-16 11:16:22 · answer #7 · answered by cpttango30 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the same as bullets or anything lead, it is melted and poured into a mold
2007-12-16 10:38:55 · answer #8 · answered by Matt D 4 · 0⤊ 7⤋
answers here
2007-12-16 10:37:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Sorry, that I dont know.
2007-12-16 10:38:22 · answer #10 · answered by OKH 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋