How do you separate jackets from dross? If I can talk my scrap yard into #2 copper then I will be a happy guy!
Type: Posts; User: Gatorade
Forum: Cast Boolits
How do you separate jackets from dross? If I can talk my scrap yard into #2 copper then I will be a happy guy!
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have been processing a big bucket of range lead and have accumulated a good bit of jackets. I have read that most jackets are 95% copper and 5% zinc. My scrap yard buys it but processes it as dross...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Well I had a chance today to give y’all’s suggestions a try. I used a wheelbarrow, dumped about a quart of the raw material and set my shop vac to blow. I waived the hose over the pile and after a...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Yeah, that’s pretty much what I was doing. I have a large flat tub and will need to just do it on a larger scale than the small buckets I was using. Thanks for the input guys! If the first batch with...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Last year or so I was given an opportunity to scoop lead out of a local indoor range. I ended up with probably 11-12 gallons. The problem is that the backstop is rubber as you can see from the pics....
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 |