The mystery metal is generally called pot metal. Its usually composed mainly of zinc and some other smaller percentages of other things like antimony, tin, lead, cadmium, bismuth. Generally NOT...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
The mystery metal is generally called pot metal. Its usually composed mainly of zinc and some other smaller percentages of other things like antimony, tin, lead, cadmium, bismuth. Generally NOT...
Forum: Cast Boolits
People say they can taste the difference. I doubt it, but possible. Its still a sugar. Coke will never use real cane sugar when they can use corn syrup for half the price.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Yes I have left ww to the weather and let me tell you that moisture can stay in that lead for a long time even after they are 'completely' dry.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Youtube is your friend. Watch a few hours will teach you a ton. There's some pretty cool 'explosion' videos, by cool I mean very uncool by person experience. Once you hear that shotgun blast go...
Forum: AirGuns
Try the pellets. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
That is the most delicious looking thing I have ever seen. Please post the recipe!
Forum: Casting Equipment
+1 on the rowel ladle. CHEAP CHEAP quality ladles!
Forum: Casting Equipment
Do you sell the copper jackets when done? I have over 1000 lbs of cleaned copper jackets and all the scrap yards by me are lowballing the hell out of me. They offer me scrap lead price when its...
Forum: Casting Equipment
I will have to pick a few of those up.
Forum: Casting Equipment
Ive had lots of experience. I have never used a thermometer. You can tell when its too cold. It wont cast. If its too hot the lead will start to burn. You will get the hang of it with time. ...
Forum: Casting Equipment
Id watch this show. lol
My "big" pot is a shorty 50 gal. water heater cut in half. I removed the valve and put a new one from homedepot because the one on it had to use a screwdriver to turn...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Just over $1 per pound. Id say you did good. Ive seen tin go as high as $10 per lb.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Could be any alloy. No way to tell but test it yourself.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
What good customer service!
As for the copper able to melt thing: That's totally true. There can be many different things in an alloy besides tin and antimony. Aluminum, copper, and calcium...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |