What I Get??

[Gliden07]

Got about 80 pounds of free lead today! They are cast in long bars with 1 hole on the end, they are about 1-1/2" in diameter and have reliefs about every 4" so I assume you can snap them off to throw into the melt. Without a picture does anyone know what they might be?? Camera is dead now. Thanks!!

[MaryB]

sounds like Linotype ingots

[Gliden07]

WOOOHOOOO!!!! After some inter-web browsing and MaryB's input they are defiantly Lino Type ingots!! They have almost a "PING" when you bump them together!! I'm really happy about this because I have some Dead Soft Plumbers pipe I need to alloy! What is a good recipe for this? I have never done this before, I want 12-14 BH to shoot out of my 9MM and 45ACP I also have some Pewter to throw in the melt to help with mold fill. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks!!

[454PB]

Mix the linotype and soft lead at 70% lead and 30% linotype.

[GaryN]

This link is from the classics and stickies. It is a great read. Pay attention to chapter 3. It talks about lead and alloys.

http://www.lasc.us/Fryxell_Book_Contents.htm

[Gliden07]

Thanks for the info!! I will give that link a read!! I have to still melt the Plumbers pipe to ingots and clean it up. Never did it because I knew I needed something to harden it to shoot! But like many here I'm not turning down any Lead never mind FREE LEAD!!! By the time I'm done I should have at least 150 more pounds of prepped Boolit Alloy for my "STASH"!!

[a.squibload]

Dang, nice score!