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  1. 10-17-2008, 07:06 PM #1
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    Surplus Lead ?

    I scored some surplus lead wire thats realy soft this is used to make the lead core of copper jacketed 308
    on the spool it says
    280 lead wire
    4.5%sr
    any one know what the sr wood mean
    i cast some 400 gr 45-70 & its so soft the top punch on lube sizer leaves a ring
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  2. 10-18-2008, 09:48 AM #2
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    Post on the SWAGING forum here. IF You have enough of it...someone there may want it anyway.

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  3. 10-18-2008, 10:14 AM #3
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    Are you sure it's not "sb"? That would be antimony. If it's "sn", that's tin.
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  4. 10-18-2008, 09:49 PM #4
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    it clearly not sb might be a sloppy sn as it is that soft. im casting it in round balls for C&B revolver & it loads great allso trying it in hollow base 400 gr 45-70
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  5. 10-27-2008, 03:12 PM #5
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    ok i got a picture of the label of the lead wire spool
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  6. 10-27-2008, 03:13 PM #6
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    so anyone know what the 4.5% sr or sb means
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  7. 10-27-2008, 06:06 PM #7
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    Sb is the chemical symbol for antimony. They are just making a fancy
    "B" in my reading of it.

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  8. 10-27-2008, 06:23 PM #8
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    Hard for me to imagine home swaging lead with 4.5% antimony. Maybe it was intended for use in automated power swaging.
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  9. 10-28-2008, 05:28 AM #9
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    well its almost to soft
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