Andrew Quigley
07-04-2008, 12:57 PM
Was doing a little smelting this morning. When I was skimming the crap off the top I noticed flattened bullets that hadn't melted. Throwing some back in the pot with the lead in a pure liquid state they won't melt at all.
Also I had one jacketed bullet in the pot and it didn't melt out either although it was open at the back I'm using a turkey fryer burner and a dutch oven for my pot. Don't have a thermometer so don't know how hot it was but was in a very liquid state. The lead came off a Cowboy range so it should be a batch of hard bullets with a few, mine, pure leads thrown in.
Reckin I wasn't hot enough?
Also I had one jacketed bullet in the pot and it didn't melt out either although it was open at the back I'm using a turkey fryer burner and a dutch oven for my pot. Don't have a thermometer so don't know how hot it was but was in a very liquid state. The lead came off a Cowboy range so it should be a batch of hard bullets with a few, mine, pure leads thrown in.
Reckin I wasn't hot enough?