I'm using lead vent pipe covers from reroofing houses and where the flat piece is soldered to the round pipe I cut it up and put the whole thing in my melting pot! I'm trying to shoot black powder pistols(.36 and .44's and a friends .31) and these are hard to get in to the cylinder. does anyone know if this little bit of solder really makes a big difference in the hardness of the balls? my latest trick is I cleaned out my pot and cut up some more vent pipe covers and I didn't put the soldered piece into my pot.(Lee, 20lb. dip it out.) but has any one run into this problem before now? I'll check it out in the morning!and no, I don't have a hardness tester.
Pat