Picture of my Lead supply

[quillgordo]

Thanks to all of you that already posted replies to my question of how to i d the lead stock I have.
Also thanks for forwarding the copy of the casting book. That is invaluable!!!
The Here is a pic of most of the different bars that I have. The small rectangular bar on the left has U N on it. The ingots are of course Lyman and I'm guessing wheel weights but would like to hear.
The Federated bar, I saw another poster say it was pure lead, but again, would like to hear. The one bent into the u shape is????????
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[snuffy]

Hmmmm four pics all the same?

The one bent in a "U" looks like pure tin, or perhaps solder. It should have something cast into it to ID it. If that "U" shaped ingot CRINKLES when bent, it's tin.

You're going to have to cast some boolits from each bar to figure out what it is. Weight of the boolit and hardness will help you figure it out. Use the same mold for ALL the bars so you have something to measure/compare to.

[fredj338]

Hmmmm four pics all the same?

The one bent in a "U" looks like pure tin, or perhaps solder. It should have something cast into it to ID it. If that "U" shaped ingot CRINKLES when bent, it's tin.

You're going to have to cast some boolits from each bar to figure out what it is. Weight of the boolit and hardness will help you figure it out. Use the same mold for ALL the bars so you have something to measure/compare to.

I doubt a pure tin bar bends like that, likely 50/50 bar solder. It should have tamps on it.

[frkelly74]

Melt them all in the same pot. By the law of averages you should come out with usable boolits.

[Suo Gan]

The Lyman ingots are generally always lead coated gold ingots from the pioneer days. It is either that or anything else someone melted and poured into the ingot mold. Those Lyman ingots are rare though, so might not be a good idea to melt them and look for the gold. ;)

[snuffy]

I doubt a pure tin bar bends like that, likely 50/50 bar solder. It should have tamps on it.

You obviously never got any pure tin from rotometals, they ship them bent double so they can get them in a shorter flat rate box. And yes, it crinkles and snaps when bent. (Sounds like pouring milk on rice krispies.)


Melt them all in the same pot. By the law of averages you should come out with usable boolits.

Assuming it's all lead, that would work. BUT I thought he wanted to know what each one was

[Cadillo]

Hey Gordo,

Is that all the lead you have, or are those pieces representative samples of what you have on hand? Knowing the answer to that question will affect the answer to your question quite a bit

[quillgordo]

No that is representative. Most of it- 95% is the lyman ingots.

[41 mag fan]

That bent bar, is a lead mix. It's what we use to lead our batteries in underground for our coal haulers, when we have to replace a cell or strap.

And it does have a tendency to pop and crackle a little when melting.