It's bar solder.
The Fry company is still in business selling all different kinds of it.
Just a guess, but it's probably a one pound bar of 50/50.
In the old days, that's what body shops used until 'Bondo' came along.
Hence the term for a car that had been worked on a lot, it was called 'A Lead sled'.
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
Thank you! I’ll give it the old melt test when I get my hands on it.
Heck, if you have a similar bar of 50/50, put a ball bearing between the two samples and squeeze in a vise. Same diameter impression, same hardness....
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |