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    OS OK I may have to report you to the moderators for posting lead porno. That is so sexy it is probably against the rules of sites that don't require a credit card to prove you are 18 before you can login. That said the middle one sure is stacked pretty well.
    Scrap.... because all the really pithy and emphatic four letter words were taken and we had to describe this source of casting material somehow so we added an "S" to what non casters and wives call what we collect.

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    Melt off a drop and send it and a pound of pure to BNE, He'll let you know exactly what it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lloyd Smale View Post
    that is not a typical linotype pig. they have two fingers on both ends that hook to an apparatus that lowers them slowly into the pot. Now that said it still sure could be linotype that was reclaimed by a print shop. You can get a good idea like others said by melt temp and by using a hardness tester.
    The old ones had one ring & tapered end, I used to get them all the time cheap back in the early 80s.
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    looks just like the pig I had
    melted off the fingers so mine looks just like that
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    I guess I got mine the hard way. A friend of my father had a print shop out in Indiana. He was retiring and not continuing the business. He asked me if I wanted 300lbs of Lino Type. After he said he wanted 10 cents a pound for it (2006)....I took it all....I then melted it all down into 1 lb and 1/2 lb ingots and stacked them neatly in the corner. I have a great supply that didn't cost me much but its invaluable when casting hardcast....I mix 2lbs of WW and 1lb of Lino when making hardcast....They shoot very well. I'm in the process of ramping up for some Black Powder production...and in making a ball mill I'm going to use straight Lino to make 50 cal balls. This Lino is great stuff....but unless you can have a lab analyze it....you likely will never know its exact composition. For me....I don't need to know...it just shoots great.

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