Lead mix

[Fellas]

Hi

I have a friend of mine which is selling antimony lead ingots ready to cast , my question is can i buy scrap lead, make it into ingots and then alloy with these antimony lead ingots and what will be the ratio.


thanks

[randyrat]

Yes you can. As for hardness/recipe we don't have enough info.

Most people like to mix a final batch in a pot and have it ready to go in ingot form, I prefer to keep my alloys separate and mix as I go, just a thought. I never know what kind of boolit i may choose to make 10 years down the road.

[bumpo628]

You can probably just add some tin or solder to the antimonial lead and cast it.
The problem is that we do not know the % of antimony in there.

Rotometals has a product that they call antimonial lead that has 4 to 6%. If that's the case, then you could add 1 oz of tin or 2 oz of 50/50 solder to get it to @ 0.60% tin. That should cast like wheel weight lead.

Ask your friend for some more info. What did he melt down to make those ingots?