I've got about 600 lbs of pure lead sheeting from a hospital x-ray room smelted down into 1 lb ingots. I've also got 30 lbs of the Rotometals pure tin nuggets. I know I need some antimony to harden it to where I want it and am thinking of ordering 30 lbs of antimony ingots, also from Rotometals. Then i'm thinking of a mass smelting where I bring it all to about 12 BHN (95% lead, 3% Ant and 2% Tin) for general purpose handgun. Then if I need harder for magnum handgun or rifles, I can brew up a 20 lb batch and bring it to about 15 BHN/Lyman #2 or 16 BHN/Hardball by dropping in a bit more Antimony.
How's my train of thought and goals?
Alan