Wayne Smith
12-14-2005, 08:23 AM
I opened the second of three wraps of sheet lead I got a couple of years ago and melted some of it down. Got this at a local metals wholesaler, mix of importer and junk dealer. It was all he had, about 350 lbs worth.
I got a lot of light brown shading to yellow powder off it and the top has a skim of something that is Colt Niter blue in color and a thin coat that I can't skim off and candle wax don't change. The powder is powder at temperature but cools into a relatively solid mass. That skim coats the ladel and turns grey as it cools. This stuff casts like pure lead when I get it cleaned.
What do I have here? It's being used in muzzle loaders and C&B revolvers and shoots fine. This is more of an academic curousity.
I got a lot of light brown shading to yellow powder off it and the top has a skim of something that is Colt Niter blue in color and a thin coat that I can't skim off and candle wax don't change. The powder is powder at temperature but cools into a relatively solid mass. That skim coats the ladel and turns grey as it cools. This stuff casts like pure lead when I get it cleaned.
What do I have here? It's being used in muzzle loaders and C&B revolvers and shoots fine. This is more of an academic curousity.