4-20 lead pot doesn't hold 20lbs
Has anyone besides me noticed that the Lee 4-20 lead pot only holds about 16lbs?
I've long suspected it. Recently I've been working with some pure lead weights that weigh in at 7lb 14oz. 2 of them pretty well fill the pot.
Then when I cast it down to where the stream slows down, it takes about 13 pounds to refill it.
No biggie, just an observation,
4-20 lead pot doesn't hold 20lbs
Don’t have mine handy to measure but they advertise it as 4” dia x 4.5” deep. That is 0.032 cu ft. At 700 lb/cu ft at 60F, that is just over 22 lbs slap full of cold lead. The density decreases at higher temp (not sure it drops enough though to account for the actual weights we are seeing though).
~5 lbs/in of height if dia is 4”