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Auctions just enter a search. Came across a stack of plates the other day but the fight was on for those. In the end this was 1/2 the price what tin solder runs me. Pewter gets heavily oxidized...

Thanks for the encouragement. did my first HP rifle ones today. 270 lee mold are they suppose to have this ununiform frosting? seems to be one side routinely and just above the top lube grove
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I dont know anyone who casts so this site has been of much value. I think i'm set up enough now to really get going on this interesting adventure.
Burn scares and all on the left hand (glove yes...

So took the zinc back to the shop and explained the situation. He let me switch it out with some other stuff he had. the ingots are the traditional 20lbs, and took an hour or so pull out all the...

So i did the HCL (thanks dondiego) dunk and it fizzed/reacted like crazy and dissolved.....unfortunately so all that small stuff is what i suspected as not being leadish. Put in a 44 beside it and no...

Thanks for the replies. I used a Lee hardess tester on the big blocks and it came out 30-33 so I'd also lean towards foundry lead. The real issue are those small ones. Huge amount have Asian...

Found this at a surplus store. The 50/50 just about covered the cost of everything. Im assuming the large blocks are monotype, it has a leadish heft, and the coffee tin/shoe box weighs 40 lbs. The...