Lead and Lead Alloys [Archive]

Don't you love surprises when casting? (1 replies)
Babbit Alloys (3 replies)
Alloy weight question (21 replies)
Price of Pb (28 replies)
Where to start with pure lead for 9mm and .45? (9 replies)
Casting tips for soft/pure lead (27 replies)
Strange alloy (3 replies)
Alloy ID? (38 replies)
92-6-2 good target and hunting alloy ? (17 replies)
5 gal pail of ww (20 replies)
Has anyone tested MP HP bullets for expansion? (5 replies)
Testing of unknown alloys (18 replies)
Tiny score today (9 replies)
Cast HP testing (17 replies)
cost of tin gone crazy (29 replies)
wheel weight value (23 replies)
Unexpected treat this morning. (9 replies)
Where lead came from in the old days (USA style) (27 replies)
Lead Wire (3 replies)
Scored right on time... (4 replies)
Please help identify this lead....thing... (31 replies)
Redneck Gold ingot (10 replies)
Pewter (32 replies)
Is this going to be 2/6/92 (23 replies)
Lynotype + ? = Usable Casting Alloys (19 replies)
Sulfur rabbit hole (25 replies)
please help with ingot ID (13 replies)
Range scrap.... Jacketed material? (16 replies)
Shot gun Lee Mould Buck shot loads (13 replies)
Mixing wheel weights with pure lead (17 replies)
Pure lead or close to it? (20 replies)
45 acp (25 replies)
Casting for lever action (22 replies)
Testing BHN (28 replies)
determining alloy by weight and volume, hardness (20 replies)
Another New Source for Lead (32 replies)
Is this pure lead? (12 replies)
Zinc cast boolits long term effect in barrel wear? (10 replies)
Back to sorting WW's (32 replies)
Excess Lead (16 replies)
How soft does your alloy have to be to get hollow points to reliably expand? (26 replies)
Ingot hardness (9 replies)
Trouble with range scrap. (77 replies)
Changing 1:20 alloy into 1:16 (14 replies)
Antimony ingots question (3 replies)
Casting ZINC bullets is tedious (16 replies)
Bottom pour cast iron pot. (5 replies)
80:1 Alloy for Trapdoor Springfield "Gallery Load"? (17 replies)
Zinc wheel weights (7 replies)
Looking for Lead in All the Wrong Places (12 replies)
Magnolia Anti Friction Metal Question (17 replies)
Argon Purge (38 replies)
30XCB Rotometals Alloy Choice 1 in 12 308 Win (7 replies)
Weighted Pewter filler (11 replies)
New Supplies (26 replies)
Foundry type? (15 replies)
Babbit from a rock crusher; a bar of antimony? (9 replies)
Are these figurines lead? (5 replies)
Stained Glass Came (18 replies)
Lead oxidation (24 replies)
44 mag (21 replies)
50/50 + 2% confusion (12 replies)
Back to casting after 34 year hiatus (24 replies)
What do I have here? (3 replies)
Cheapest way to get Lead alloy to 7 or 8 Brinell Hardness ? (21 replies)
What to do with it (16 replies)
Lead pipe replacement (24 replies)
Thrift Store Jackpot (19 replies)
lynotype (6 replies)
86-10-4 (5 replies)
Some 500 grain Babbitt goodness. (4 replies)
Alloy? (4 replies)
Buying some alloy (12 replies)
Making yummy lead soup (12 replies)
Nippin weights (23 replies)
Educate Me on Lead and Zinc Sources (9 replies)
Busy day melting lead. (14 replies)
just found wheel weights (14 replies)
Does adding Tin or Antimony? (14 replies)
Zinc wheel weights are a problem (21 replies)
Stuff growing on ingots ? (7 replies)
did I get lucky ? (3 replies)
OK. Now I get it. Why the hub-bub about alloys (11 replies)
Any chance of zinc linotype? (18 replies)
What is it lately with all the exotic homebrews of alloys? (29 replies)
Arsenic (5 replies)
Pewter smelting and ingots (28 replies)
Monotype to lead ratio for 38 +p and 357 mag? (16 replies)
Suggest an alloy? (7 replies)
Melting/Alloying Antimony (19 replies)
Any ideas as to what this could be? (19 replies)
Using Foundry Type? (16 replies)
scored some English pewter yesterday (2 replies)
cerrobend question (4 replies)
wiping solder alloy (3 replies)
My favorite way of testing lead hardness. (7 replies)
Molly Bullets (7 replies)
Will bird shot harden soft lead? (12 replies)
What is “lead came”? (16 replies)
Unknown ingot (14 replies)
Lead mix for 450 bushmaster (5 replies)
Heavy dirt (15 replies)
Race car ballast weights? (9 replies)
Getting lead into a 20#pot (29 replies)
50/50 COWW/Pb casting temp? (10 replies)
So I bought some solder today (4 replies)
This Was the Haul........ (18 replies)
I believe I contaminated 3 pounds of lead with aluminum foil... (12 replies)
What do I have here? (3 replies)
Small Lead find should last a day or 2 (22 replies)
How to tell monotype from foundry type (3 replies)
I Quit (47 replies)
Hello, new to cast boolits and casting. I have 50lbs of plain lead needing hardening (9 replies)
How much is lost when melting clip on wheel weights? (21 replies)
WWs, babbit ??? (8 replies)
ideal lead temp for casting 8BHN lead? (13 replies)
cerrolow-136 allow (7 replies)
Pb-Zn COWW Alloy? (11 replies)
The most fun I had collecting range scrap..... (9 replies)
Bullet alloy?? (24 replies)
How to mix these two alloys for a 45-70 hunting bullet? (18 replies)
Frankford Arsenal flux (17 replies)
Is there a point to water dropping cast ? (65 replies)
Flux difference? (6 replies)
Lead question (13 replies)
What do I have? (4 replies)
Lead: Where are you getting it from? (85 replies)
super hard and wheel weights (12 replies)
Tin Ingots - How to Test Composition? (15 replies)
Tin at walmart (14 replies)
Zinc Test or Identification? (10 replies)
Making 2 2 96 with Super hard and tin (9 replies)
Interesting structure to WW pot when cooled. (9 replies)
Loose lead (6 replies)
I got more lead and still i'm ignoroant (22 replies)
What mix of alloy would be the best all-purpose blend? (28 replies)
Is there such thing as a reasonably priced xrf analyzer? (7 replies)
zinc wheel weights (23 replies)
simple question (7 replies)
Question about Penn Bullets "Premium" alloy (7 replies)
Unknown possible casting alloy? Antimony or bismuth? (7 replies)
Who stole the Organ Pipes? (12 replies)
Handling "pewter" (9 replies)
What Is Cerromatrix (6 replies)
Help with Tin and Antimony, and others. (11 replies)
Linotype to Pure Lead Exchange rate? (9 replies)
tin/pewter (5 replies)
Old Wheel Weights composition? (7 replies)
Saving pellets and rimfire bullets (12 replies)
radiator solder (11 replies)
Cartridge brass as casting alloy component (3 replies)
Help: Void issue with new alloy (35 replies)
Lead score on way home (10 replies)
Alloy for 308 development (14 replies)
Lead roof sheeting (19 replies)
Lead gloves (11 replies)
I bought some rotometals super hard (8 replies)
A Melange of Recycled Airgun Pellets and Slugs for Casting Airgun Slugs? (17 replies)
more galena harvesting smelting lead and silver (3 replies)
Smelting "Lead" from range sweepings (21 replies)
Sea Pearl Dive Weights? (8 replies)
When you least expect it ... (6 replies)
Harvesting lead from typewriters (16 replies)
Sn/Ag/Cu ingots (6 replies)
Range Lead Cost? (27 replies)
Remington Mod 14 cast boolit loads (6 replies)
Lead alloy advice for hollow point testing (0 replies)
How Hard Do 125gr .358" Cast RNFP Slugs Need To Be at 875 fps Cowboy Action? (10 replies)
Better lead than this? (23 replies)
tin and lead flow (9 replies)
Separate Tin ingots from Lead? (18 replies)
Shipping Lead (20 replies)
Cleaning and fluxing alloy (53 replies)
to hp or not? (1 replies)
RCBS 35 200 in 35 Rem mod 14 (6 replies)
Lead alloy testing (2 replies)
Another wheel weight story (9 replies)
In praise of backstop lead (19 replies)
Treated Indoor Range Lead won't melt (23 replies)
Cutting Ingot (31 replies)
Best way to cut thick sheet lead? (29 replies)
cast boolits in 35 rem model 14 (4 replies)
Been casting 3 yrs, fresh here (24 replies)
A little bit of humor (10 replies)
Pipe organ tin-lead mixture "spotted metal" (15 replies)
Linotype vs. monotype (7 replies)
Casting temp with 20:1 and a big boolit (13 replies)
Lyman #2 for 9mm (10 replies)
2023 The Year of the Melt Um, Maybe 2024 (5 replies)
Scrap yard haul (16 replies)
What's that orange crust? (6 replies)
alloy for casting 45ACP bullets (43 replies)
Best casting use for lead shot (7 replies)
smelting lead and ingots, is a camp fire suitable? (9 replies)
Casting with Zinc...Pennies (73 replies)
Pewter? (28 replies)
W-W lubealoy bullets alloy (0 replies)
16-1 (20 replies)
What is the base metal for most silver plate if it is not magnetic? (4 replies)
Is it pewter? (11 replies)
Stash smelted (9 replies)
Melting monotype letters and making ingots. (32 replies)
Pewter Figurines (8 replies)
Wheel Weight Yield? (11 replies)
Corn Cobs (17 replies)
Melting lead and finding steel jackets? (15 replies)
Alloy for 35 Whelen GC Hunting bullet (1 replies)
soft lead (15 replies)
Wheel weights - thing of the past? (30 replies)
Thrifti Type (10 replies)
Best Practices to avoid lead poisoning when casting (47 replies)
separating zinc from lead and getting lead from ore (2 replies)
1:16, a few questions (40 replies)
Help identifying this alloy? (18 replies)
How/where do you store your ingots? (73 replies)
Lyman #2 BHN (12 replies)
Anyone purchasing from Metalex in Canada? (8 replies)
Casting flux (29 replies)
Last batch weirdness, what's this purple stuff (17 replies)
Lead Free Solder (13 replies)
Original alloy for 38-55 (2 replies)
Understanding (16 replies)
Airgun pellets for lead (22 replies)
How much lino to add? (17 replies)
Shot - what is in it? (16 replies)
Help with ID of metal (10 replies)
Tin question (18 replies)
Bismuth ? (0 replies)
How to find linotype or other hardeners? (20 replies)
Baseline Check - 405 or 425 WFNGC, Mild with 5744. (3 replies)
xrf testing questions (22 replies)
Heavily oxidized lead (18 replies)
Giant, Hard Battery Connector (13 replies)
45/70 - 425 at 1700 fps, gas-checked Lyman No 2:Lead 1:1? (26 replies)
Is there a formula for lowering the BHN of your lead (29 replies)
Silver on Copper Serving trays and pots….. (9 replies)
Lead free solder, good for boolits? (7 replies)
Cleaning bullets with phosphoric acid (27 replies)
Lead fuse links? (4 replies)
¿¿ Rotary Linotype Die?? (16 replies)
Wheel weights and hardball alloy (11 replies)
50/50 solder & wheel weights (24 replies)
BHN per caliber (12 replies)
How do you cast your scrap lead into ingots (64 replies)
found a new source of lead today (16 replies)
Never encountered this form before (24 replies)
Lead alloy with Si content (5 replies)
Lead haul #2 from favorite seller (35 replies)
Testing tin to lead ratio? (5 replies)
How to sort Pewter (21 replies)