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Thread: Range scrap curiosity?

  1. 09-26-2015, 02:24 AM #1
    Indiana shooter
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    Range scrap curiosity?

    Most of the jackets are not pure copper but an alloy that contains zinc, right?

    I know we're not going to get temps high enough to melt the jackets durring the smelting process but is it possible to maintain a high enough temp long enough to "desolve" the zinc out of the gilding metal?
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  2. 09-26-2015, 04:45 AM #2
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    Nah...too much thinking lol, I do the same.
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  3. 09-26-2015, 08:55 AM #3
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    No, just smelt and be happy!
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  4. 09-26-2015, 11:37 AM #4
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    Metallurgy does not work that way.

    Just re-melt, cast, and be happy.
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  5. 09-26-2015, 11:39 AM #5
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    and even if it did 5% of 10% isn't enough to make any difference, you'd never know it was in the mix.
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