crabo
07-25-2011, 12:29 PM
I decided to reorganize my boolit collection and storage. I ended up with about 2 1/2 gallons of cast and lubed boolits. The boolits were all pure WWs, both air cooled and water dropped.
I did not want to melt them down to ingots again, but wanted to mix them 50/50 with pure lead. I didn't have a scale that would measure the small amounts well, but I wanted repeatable results.
My ingots weigh from 2.5-3 pounds. I took my trigger pull scale and put a lead ingot in a ziplock bag and weighed it. I then matched that weight with loose boolits in the same bag. Then I dumped them in my pot and stirred.
I know that this is not as exact as measuring with my hardness tester, but it sure lets you get close easily and without buying a new scale.
I did not want to melt them down to ingots again, but wanted to mix them 50/50 with pure lead. I didn't have a scale that would measure the small amounts well, but I wanted repeatable results.
My ingots weigh from 2.5-3 pounds. I took my trigger pull scale and put a lead ingot in a ziplock bag and weighed it. I then matched that weight with loose boolits in the same bag. Then I dumped them in my pot and stirred.
I know that this is not as exact as measuring with my hardness tester, but it sure lets you get close easily and without buying a new scale.