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odinohi
05-01-2011, 08:16 AM
This is the link to the thread I'm refering to.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=115150

Something strange happened when melting these obsolete ww's.
They melted very quickly. I smelted them in small batches. A golden hue formed on top of the melt immeadiately. I checked the temp that they were melting at and it was 430-440 degrees. It acted like pewter, solder or something. I got about 65lbs out of that bucket which I smelted seperately from the rest of my ww's. I think maybe I need to get it checked out and find out what its made of. What do you all think? Thanks, Tom

white eagle
05-01-2011, 09:00 AM
yellow,golden hue is a sign of tin
may be your weights have a higher tin content

odinohi
05-01-2011, 09:19 AM
yellow,golden hue is a sign of tin
may be your weights have a higher tin content

Thats what I'm thinking.

lwknight
05-03-2011, 06:52 PM
Cast em!!
If you dont like em then worry about the content.