I need to clear up either a myth or a mis-conception on my part. Typically is Range Scrap a softer alloy than COWW's?
I've had REALLY good results with my own smelted COWW's but as we all know, they can be a little hard to come by. Consequently there are a couple of sellers on eBay who are peddling range scrap ingots for a pretty good price and I'm contemplating picking some up. Normally when I smelt my own COWW's I come out at around $1.40-$1.50 per pound. Given the amount of work involved in sorting, smelting etc. finding already smelted bars on eBay for $1.35 per pound +shipping doesn't sound like too bad of a deal. What I don't want to find out the hard way is that range scrap containing the cores of a lot of plated/jacketed bullets is too soft for making boolits without alloying in antimony.
Thanks in advance for educating me.