96.3% Tin and 3.7% Silver solder......good for boolits???

[Smokepole50]

Will a little bit of Silver hurt a alloy?

[leadman]

That is one pricey alloy! Did you mean 96.3% lead and 3.7% silver solder?

[Smokepole50]

No. I work in the Semiconductor industry and this is lead free solder that will probably be disposed of as hazzardous waste if I don't turn it into boolits.

[MKastning]

I bet you could sell or trade a lot of that for lead pretty easy here.

I would be in.

[retread]

I would be interested also!

[bangerjim]

Count me in when you finger this out! I have a big warewolf problem down here and silver comes in handy!

Seriously, put me on your "to advise" list by PM.

bangerjim

[Smokepole50]

I don't have access to a lot of it, just a few lbs. I was just wondering if the silver content would do funny things to the boolits, one roll has 3.7% and two rolls have 4.0% silver. Oh, it is acid core as well, will that be a problem?

[Whiterabbit]

no. enjoy it.

http://www.pennbullets.com/45/454340.html

http://www.pennbullets.com/unique.html

"The special Casull Alloy that I developed for high pressure loads like those found in the .454 Casull does contain enough silver to make the alloy more ductile and stronger and less prone to fracturing under high pressure loadings than the regular alloy. "

[Smokepole50]

Wow, I guess this means this would be a good addition to the alloy I use in my 9.3x57 and x62 rifles. Thanks for the links.

[el34]

I would think of it as a great source of cheap tin. If you add it to lead to get 2% tin, the silver would only be 0.083% of your mix. And Lasercast bullets brag about having silver in them even though it's also a very small amount.

In my case, buying tin at $18/lb is about 25% of my cost for mixing casting alloy. Free or low-cost tin would be great. I tried to find scrap lead-free solder but struck out on finding it at garage sale prices.

[41mag]

When I started out, I got to asking a couple of coworkers who had been in construction if they might have a lead on any lead or solder. One of them who had been a welder for years brought me in a sack that had 16 full and partial rolls of 95-5 tin/silver solder. He said they had to use it for soldering potable water piping in office buildings, schools and hospitals.

It hasn't hurt anything so far, and when used it sure helps with fill out.