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  1. 01-28-2016, 07:06 PM #1
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    Can't Identify These

    My father was into casting boolits back in the '50s when I was a teenager. I still have many of his castings that have been sized and lubed. Would these be OK to load now? Also, I found a few pieces of what appears to be lead. I am attaching a photo and would ask if anyone could identify these. I don't know if they would affect casting by mixing with wheel weights. I don't know how to enlarge the photo. These are about 3/8" dia. x 1/2" high cylinders. It appears one was hardness tested by the indentation. They all have that shallow slot.

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  2. 01-28-2016, 09:03 PM #2
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    Possibly lead slugs for a swaging press.
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  3. 01-28-2016, 09:10 PM #3
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    I believe they are weights from piano keys. I have melted a couple thousand of them.
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  4. 01-29-2016, 09:42 AM #4
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    Thank you for the responses. Piano weights...who wooda thought!
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  5. 01-30-2016, 09:27 AM #5
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    I was given a bucket of slugs like that years ago.
    They were about the same hardness as wheel weights.
    They cast beautiful bullets....dale
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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