I have no idea what Picture #1 is.
Picture #2 are Linotype ingots.
Picture #3 are typographic leads and/or rules, produced on an Elrod Strip Caster. I believe (not positive) that the alloy is Linotype.
Good score.
Isotope containers, linotype ingots, and linotype spacers.
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The OP beat me to the question. I got a bunch of those containers, in Pic 1, in with some dental foils. Been wondering what they were. Thanks for the info.
Hi DistRifle,
The top pic is Soft Lead.
The Middle pic is also Soft Lead. These are Counterweights, which are Never Hard.
The Strips in the 3rd pic however are Mono/Lino, and are a good hardening alloy.
Nice find!!
Jeff
Pic number 2 looks like the lino pigs that I have gotten. To check whack it on the concrete floor. If it makes a thud sound then it is soft lead. If it rings then it is lino (or atleast has some antimony in it). You could also try hitting one of the ears with a hammer and see if it bends or breaks. If it breaks then it is hard lead, most likly lino but if it bends then it is or closer to pure.
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I gave it a tap with a 3lb hammer. It has a nice ring. So, I gave it a good hit. The ear broke off. I think I have lino.
I did another test with the vise and a .172 steel ball. I put a COWW ingot, the steel ball, and the broken off ear in the vise and squeezed them together. The ball went twice as deep in the WW ingot. So, it is very hard.
Picture #1 may check out at about 9 to 11 BHN, a very usable alloy.
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 |