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wallenba
09-29-2009, 03:57 PM
Saw the history of lead on Modern Marvels ( History channel ) earlier today, is on again early this evening. Swimming pool size pots of molten lead! the stuff on the floor could keep me in bullets for decades! Worth the watch.
deltaenterprizes
09-29-2009, 06:31 PM
Thanks for the heads up, I am going to watch it this evening.
AJ Peacock
09-29-2009, 06:43 PM
Thanks for the info. Scheduled it to record.

AJ
bohokii
09-29-2009, 07:30 PM
watching it now man they make some big ingots at doe run

now if they would show a tin episode i saw one show about glass and how they make plate glass by floating it on molten tin a scoop of that could harden all of my stickons
405
09-29-2009, 07:53 PM
Don't get the history channel so have to wait. Would be curious to hear if the documentary shows any earliest use of lead projectiles. Likely long used as boat maybe even catapult ballast?. I know that soldering/brazing has been around a loooong time. And know that the Romans used lead sling projectiles- kind of egg shaped things to whack the enemy at distance. So that puts lead projectile use back at least 2000 years. May be wrong (maybe CRS) but think the "slingshooters" were also called "archers" back then?
ph4570
09-29-2009, 08:32 PM
Thanks for the info. It comes on here in 1.5 hours.
GabbyM
09-29-2009, 11:19 PM
snipit: 600 tons per day for bullet manufacture in the USA.
deltaenterprizes
09-29-2009, 11:48 PM
Good show, thanks!
bubba.50
09-29-2009, 11:48 PM
saw it earlier today. good show but disappointed not more about boolits and shooting. just got kinda passing mention. awesome amount of bullets being made each day. wonder where they all are? agree with bohokii-man i sure would like to have coupla them ingots.
cabezaverde
09-30-2009, 12:28 PM
snipit: 600 tons per day for bullet manufacture in the USA.

If you assume 200 grains average for all the bullets made, that is 42 million bullets per day.

I couldn't do that running 2 6 cavity molds at the same time.
Stick_man
10-02-2009, 06:40 PM
Did anybody get it recorded? I'd be interested in a copy if it could be dumped onto a CD or DVD. Wonder if it could even be purchased from the History Channel.
LostSoul
10-02-2009, 09:28 PM
Did anybody get it recorded? I'd be interested in a copy if it could be dumped onto a CD or DVD. Wonder if it could even be purchased from the History Channel.

http://shop.history.com/detail.php?p=71686&v=All
AJ Peacock
10-02-2009, 09:47 PM
Did anybody get it recorded? I'd be interested in a copy if it could be dumped onto a CD or DVD. Wonder if it could even be purchased from the History Channel.

PM sent.

AJ