Divers belt weights [Archive]

twoshotc

11-30-2013, 09:48 PM

I have several pounds of diver's belt weights most have nothing encasing the weights. A couple have a surface covering of some sort. Will the weights make good bullets? Does anyone know the purity of the lead commonly found in these weight?
thanks
twoshotc

jsizemore

11-30-2013, 10:16 PM

Can be anything.

TES

11-30-2013, 10:31 PM

drop them on concrete. drop them so that they land flat on the largest plane of the weight. If they ring like a dinner bell then they should be good. if they make a thud ( no cling ) then no you have to find a hardener ( tin or so on) for it.

fredj338

12-01-2013, 02:51 AM

drop them on concrete. drop them so that they land flat on the largest plane of the weight. If they ring like a dinner bell then they should be good. if they make a thud ( no cling ) then no you have to find a hardener ( tin or so on) for it.
If they ring like a bell they could be zinc, caution. If it dents w/ a light hammer strike, it's castable.