Need some info on some ingots

[Ed Barrett]

A Friend of mine I load j word cartridges for every deer season said he had some stuff for me. Went out to his place and in the barn he found some lead I might be interested in. He had about 30 pounds of bar solder about 50 pounds of lead pipe and 36 of these ingots that I have enclosed in the pictures. they have "federated" at both ends and "castomatic"in the middle. They were made in some kind of a 2 or more part mold, they weigh about 40 pounds apiece. They are fairly hard but they don't ring like Lino. They also have a code "298L5249" stamped on each of them. Can any one help?

[KAF]

I'd guess they are bar solder. 50/50 maybe

[Cherokee]

Melt some and see how it comes out. Then cast some in a familiar mold and compare the results with past experience. Go from there.
:castmine:

[AZ-Stew]

I did a Yahoo search and found it listed in a bunch of expired e-bay ads at various lead/tin alloy percentages. Couldn't find a manufacturer listing or a reference to the product number you list.

Try Google. You may find an exact match. I don't have time right now.

Regards,

Stew

[crowbeaner]

They are pure lead. Good stuff . I cast up some bullets with some of the castomatic lead this summer. Enjoy. CB

[Ed Barrett]

Thanks for the info. By the way the coke can was just to check the size in relation to something , didn't have a ruler handy. they do seem pretty soft after casting up some 1 pound ingots I will likely trade them of to some front stuffer shooters.