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  1. 10-09-2009, 05:30 PM #1
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    Is this plumbers lead

    I found this in my old lead stash is it plumbers lead

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  2. 10-09-2009, 05:47 PM #2
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    Looks something like the stuff used for making stained glass windows.
    Plumber's lead is usually in ingots...
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    Is it a tube or is it solid???
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    MC has it right !

    Lead came for stained glass window construction. Pure lead or very close to it (99%)! (May have 1% Sn, Sb, or Cu)

    Grab all you can find !

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    more clues

    The round is solid and the other is star shaped not the same stuff used for stained glass.
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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
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