Johnw...ski
02-04-2008, 10:05 AM
It's time to go get some more lead. As long as I am healthy I have a near endless supply here. One of my other hobbies is scuba diving and I have a spot where there are lots of sinkers. The surf kind of collects them in depressions in the rocks, sort of like the theory of gold panning. Anyway, when you find a spot, and there are many, you usually end up with 20 to 50 or more pounds.
So, sinkers are what I have been using for my latest bullets. As I have noted on other threads I have been casting .458 cal bullets and am getting a lot of weight variation. I usually melt the sinkers and throw a few pounds of 50/50 solder in
in an attempt to harden the lead up and then cast ingots. Then I will weigh the first few bullets I cast if they are too light I will add pure lead to the pot and if they ere too heavy I add more tin. My question is if I get a hardness tester, would that be a more reliable way to chack the quality of my bullit metal?
Any recomendations on a hardness tester?
Thanks,
John
So, sinkers are what I have been using for my latest bullets. As I have noted on other threads I have been casting .458 cal bullets and am getting a lot of weight variation. I usually melt the sinkers and throw a few pounds of 50/50 solder in
in an attempt to harden the lead up and then cast ingots. Then I will weigh the first few bullets I cast if they are too light I will add pure lead to the pot and if they ere too heavy I add more tin. My question is if I get a hardness tester, would that be a more reliable way to chack the quality of my bullit metal?
Any recomendations on a hardness tester?
Thanks,
John