Lead Score! Now what?

[sudboy]

-also posted on the Arf reloading forum.

A generous buddy gave me between two and three hundred pounds of 1/16 thick lead sheet in about a four foot tall roll. This was leftover material from a job installing x-ray shielding in a clinic. As far as I know this is pure lead - so it's too soft for most casting applications. Anyone got a formula for alloying this stuff to make it suitable for boolit casting? I envision smelting the lead sheet to produce ingots, just like I do with wheel weights. Perhaps alloying should happen while making ingots for the production pot?

Thanks,
Sudboy

[GRUMPA]

It kinda depends on what you want to use it in, that in itself can be a challenge to some. Or here's another thought, trade it for WW lead pound for pound that way both are happy. And if you want to do that let me know......

[Wayne Smith]

50/50 Pb/ww air cooled for most any pistol application, water dropped for most any but the most extreme rifle use, including hunting.